Hamilton Gardens is the Waikatos most popular attraction, and completely unique in the world. It is a living museum that tells a story of cultures and civilisation through beautiful, inspiring, and iconic gardens.Travel across continents, slide through centuries, and stroll through history as never before. From the Ancient Egyptian Garden of 2000 BCE to the contemporary concept Garden of today, each of the 18 beautiful gardens is a window into a different time and place, celebrating the ideas and beliefs of its age.Join our friendly and knowledgeable tour guides as they take you to a selection of our most popular gardens, on a journey of hidden stories, secrets symbols and insights.
Hamilton Gardens Highlights Tour
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Key Details
- Mobile Voucher Accepted
- Hotel pickup Available
- Duration: 1 Hr 15 Mins
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Language:
English
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Return Details :
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Cancellation Policy : This activity is non-refundable Tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.
Overview
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Join our friendly and knowledgeable tour guides for a journey of hidden stories, secret symbols, interesting snippets, and new insights into some of our most popular gardens. Perfect for first-time visitors or those who want to uncover the deeper meaning behind our beautiful gardens.
Book your tour today for the ultimate Hamilton Gardens experience.
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Hamilton Gardens is the Waikato’s most popular attraction, and completely unique in the world. It is a living museum that tells a story of cultures and civilisation through beautiful, inspiring, and iconic gardens. Travel across continents, slide through centuries, and stroll through history as never before. From the Ancient Egyptian Garden of 2000 BCE to the contemporary concept Garden of today, each of the 18 beautiful gardens is a window into a different time and place, celebrating the ideas and beliefs of its age. Join our friendly and knowledgeable tour guides as they take you to a selection of our most popular gardens, on a journey of hidden stories, secrets symbols and insights.
Inclusions
- 10% discount voucher to use that day in the gift shop
- Tour escort/host
Exclusions
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
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Ein Phantasialand der Gartenkultur. Eine kurzweilige Adresse mit spannenden Impressionen. Eintritt frei. Gepflegte Anlage. Nach Möglichkeit Tage mit geringen Besuch herausfinden. Sonst wird es anstrengend.
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We found getting into the place v hard as there were no directions from the car park, so we walked a lot before we got in. The gardens, whilst they were well done on the whole, didn’t make us go wow, in fact we were somewhat underwhelmed
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As a group of friends who met 50 years ago we like to meet each year and visit a part of New Zealand together. This time it was Hamilton. Our guided tour of the Gardens was a highlight of the weekend for all. 10 happy visitors well impressed with our guide, Carla. She has a great talent to inform and enthused that we really appreciated. Well done!
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Great tour of the Te Parapara garden today. Even though we're regular visitors to the gardens, we still learned some new things. Knowledgeable guide and well-paced. Recommend!
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Me and my family visited the Hamilton Gardens on a Sunday, to pass the time and to do the Te Parapara tour, which was for free. This is the Maori garden part of the venue, and the tour guide, James, did a really good job in explaining the different parta of this garden, along with some history about the first Maori settlers who lived in the area before it became a public garden. If you want to see more of this garden, I suggest that you book a tour, the tour guides are well equipped with knowledge not just about the plants but also about the history of the place.
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This is a amazing place to go for a chill day out. Every time we are in Auckland we make the trip down to Hamilton to the gardens. This time we were able to enjoy several new gardens and that is one of the great things about the place they are always changing and improving it.
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Have visited some amazing palatial gardens at Chateau Versaille & Chennancou in France , Schonnbrun Palace in Austria & The Alhambra in Grenada , Spain. I would rate the impressive Hamilton Gardens on par with these. It is a credit to the Council and great Hamilton Gardens staff who tend, curate, manage and lovingly spend there days looking after this great facility that is FREE to the public. I thoroughly enjoyed the 2 hour amble around the Rose and Enclosed gardens. If you are visiting Hamilton , whether your a local, kiwi or tourist , a must see & do whilst in Hamilton. Highly recommended, do not give out excellent ratings often, but well worthy of it
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Beautiful Gardens. 🌺🌻🪷 Would definitely recommend going if you are in the Hamilton area. There café muffins are great to. ☕️
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What a great way to explore and learn about the different themed gardens and history at Hamilton Gardens. Being local I've been lucky enough to explore and enjoy the gardens many times over the years.... doing the tour provided an opportunity to learn and discover so much more!
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We had limited time so zipped through the themed gardens. Fabulous. All staff friendly, knowledgable and pleased to help. We visited in the middle of the winter and i would like to return in summertime when gardens are in full bloom. But still very worthwile seeing. There were 17 themed gardens. A interlinked. More under construction.
