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COVID-19 Alert: Walks suspended
14th August 2020

We regret to advise that all City Walks tours have been suspended, until further notice.  We will not operate walks until all of NZ is back down to COVID-19 Alert Level One. At this stage, it seems likely that this will not happen before Thursday 27 August, but we'll …

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The cross, St. Paul's Cathedral. Designer Ted McCoy.

Health & Safety
4th July 2020

Your comfort and wellbeing has always been our priority. We've developed each walk with safety in mind. Safety plans are in place and your guide, Athol, holds a current first-aid certificate. How have we responded to #COVID-19? 1) We paused operations before we were obliged to (because it felt …

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Athol Parks (photo by Warwick Biggs)

We're back - again!
30th June 2020

It has been a crazy old time with #COVID-19 causing much disruption to lives and industry. Here in New Zealand, we are fortunate in that we seem to have rid ourselves of the virus. The only known cases of COVID-19 are people who've just arrived here and are in …

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Craft chocolate. Yum.

Chocolate Walk tasty new offering
30th June 2020

Fancy some #chocolate with your walk? City Walks has partnered with #OCHO, Dunedin's craft chocolate people, to bring you the OCHO Chocolate Walk. The walk is offered Thursdays - Saturdays and starts at the Dunedin i-Site Visitor Centre, at 1pm. After a primer on Dunedin's history and architecture, guide …

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Holiday hours
13th December 2019

It's here - sort of. Summer, I mean! And Christmas is coming (we are in the southern hemisphere, remember). So is New Year.. City Walks will be open for business through most of the holiday period - with the following exceptions: December 25 & 26 CLOSED December 31 CLOSED January 1 & 2 …

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We're back
30th September 2019

We never went away, actually - just hibernated over winter. In any case, we're back with the full suite of walks for another summer of fun in Dunedin. The only significant change to our offerings is the price of our (4pm) Highland Fling Walk. It has risen from NZ$35/ adult to …

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Sustainability
7th June 2019

We care deeply about the natural and built heritage in Dunedin and elsewhere. Like others in NZ's visitor industry, we are working harder to ensure that we - and visitors - make a positive impact. In December 2018 we posted on this website a news item regarding the Dunedin Wildlife …

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Winter season hours
8th April 2019

Wow - our busiest-ever walk season is drawing to a close. Thanks for your support! We will take a short holiday (13 April - 5 May), then return Monday 6 May 2019 with our (Southern Hemisphere) winter hours: Winter hours (2019) TWO regular departures will be offered, daily except Sundays: The 9am Vogel …

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Walk2Work Day
28th February 2019

Walking is fun. It's good for you and good for the planet. Wednesday 13 March is Walk2Work Day, so grab your friends and colleagues - or go it alone - and walk to work. Check out http://www.livingstreets.org.nz for more information about Walk2Work Day and some stats on the benefits of walking See …

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They're here
27th January 2019

Lime e-scooters have taken Dunedin by storm, since their launch here just a few weeks ago. Sure, there have been some issues regarding their use, but these should be ironed out soon enough. A perceptive article about e-scooter use in Brisbane, written by Benjamin Kaufman and Matthew Burke, appeared in …

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