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Sightseeing boat

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Sightseeing boat

Sightseeing boat tours have operated at the Bay of Islands since the 1920s, when tourists joined the regular ‘cream trip’ – the launch service to the bay’s scattered islands to pick up cream from the dairy farms. Now a range of tours are offered, including Fuller’s Dolphin Adventures (right). The passenger ferry that runs between Paihia and Russell is at far left.

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Claudia Orange, Northland places – Bay of Islands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7723/sightseeing-boat (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Claudia Orange, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.