Things to Do in Dunedin
10 activities and experiences for backpackers.
Nature
Follow the Dunedin Street Art Trail through the city's laneways and alleyways
Follow the Dunedin Street Art Trail through the city's laneways and alleyways (free, self-guided)
Walk up Baldwin Street
Walk up Baldwin Street (free) -- the world's steepest residential street at a 34.8% gradient
Nightlife
See blue penguins at Blue Penguins Pukekura
See blue penguins at Blue Penguins Pukekura -- 90-minute evening encounter at dusk, 365 nights a year (from $40 NZD adult)
Tours
Explore the Dunedin Railway Station
Explore the Dunedin Railway Station -- one of NZ's most photographed buildings, Flemish Renaissance style (free to visit)
Ride the Taieri Gorge Railway through spectacular inland gorge scenery
Ride the Taieri Gorge Railway through spectacular inland gorge scenery (from $89 NZD)
Tour Speight's Brewery, NZ's oldest, with generous tastings
Tour Speight's Brewery, NZ's oldest (est. 1876), with generous tastings ($25 NZD adult)
Visit the Royal Albatross Centre at Taiaroa Head for a guided tour of the world's only mainland albatross colony
Visit the Royal Albatross Centre at Taiaroa Head for a guided tour of the world's only mainland albatross colony (from $50 NZD adult)
Wander the Dunedin Botanic Garden, NZ's first botanic garden
Wander the Dunedin Botanic Garden, NZ's first botanic garden (free)
Watch yellow-eyed penguinsreturn to shore at The OPERA on the Otago Peninsula
Watch yellow-eyed penguins (hoiho) return to shore at The OPERA on the Otago Peninsula (from $55 NZD)
Water Sports
Tour Emerson's Brewery for a behind-the-scenes look at one of NZ's top craft operations
Tour Emerson's Brewery for a behind-the-scenes look at one of NZ's top craft operations (from $25 NZD)