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The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.

Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.

In port at Bluff, the bucket-list move is Stewart Island: Kiwi Spotting Wilderness Encounter. Below: 1 bucket-list things to do on a Bluff port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Stewart Island: Kiwi Spotting Wilderness Encounter
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Stewart Island: Kiwi Spotting Wilderness Encounter

Cross Foveaux Strait to Stewart Island — one of the world's last places to spot wild kiwi in daylight. A guided small-group twilight walk into Rakiura National Park is an utterly unforgettable bucket-list wildlife moment.

Book it Stewart Island: Ferry Service Between Bluff & Stewart Island $77 per person
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Rakiura National Park: Private Wilderness Day Walk
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Rakiura National Park: Private Wilderness Day Walk

Explore the primeval forest and deserted bays of Stewart Island's Rakiura National Park on a private, expert-guided day walk — New Zealand wilderness at its most untouched and magnificent.

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Bluff Oyster Farm: Private Tasting & Harbour Cruise
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Bluff Oyster Farm: Private Tasting & Harbour Cruise

Bluff's world-famous flat oysters are the pinnacle of Southern Ocean seafood. Board a private charter to tour the harbour and arrive at source for a guided tasting paired with New Zealand's finest Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.

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Catlins Coast: Waterfalls, Fur Seals & Petrified Forest
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Catlins Coast: Waterfalls, Fur Seals & Petrified Forest

Journey east along the wild Catlins coastline — a hidden gem of thundering waterfalls, petrified forest, and fur seal colonies that most travellers never discover. A luxury private day tour from Bluff into one of New Zealand's most dramatic landscapes.

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Invercargill & Southland: Private Heritage & Craft Beer Tour
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Invercargill & Southland: Private Heritage & Craft Beer Tour

Discover Invercargill's superbly preserved Edwardian streetscapes and world-class Southland Museum before settling into a private tutored tasting at New Zealand's most southerly craft brewery — a cultural immersion into the proud 'deep south' identity.

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Foveaux Strait: Deep-Sea Bluecod Fly-Fishing Charter
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Foveaux Strait: Deep-Sea Bluecod Fly-Fishing Charter

Cast into the legendary Foveaux Strait aboard a premium private fishing charter for the prized blue cod — the finest eating fish in New Zealand's southern waters. A thrilling, hands-on encounter with the Southern Ocean on the doorstep of Bluff.

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$0 for two, booked direct

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