There is street parking in the city - note this has a 2 hour time limit and charges in the weekend. There are longer term carparks at Te Papa and also under the Westpac stadium (providing there isn’t a game in that day). The Observatory is open till late -11pm

Kia Ora! There is no public parking at the Cable Car. The nearest parking buildings are at: Queens Wharf The Terrace for Lambton Quay Terminal The Skyline at 1 Upland Road, Kelburn (top of the Cable Car) There are also paid public parkings around Lambton Quay. The current opening hours for Space Place are: Monday 10am–5:30pm Tuesday 10am–11pm Wednesday 10am–5:30pm Thursday 10am–5:30pm Friday 10am–11pm Saturday 10am–11pm Sunday 10am–5:30pm See you soon and hope this is helpful. -April

Kia Ora, the route may seem long on the map but Space Place is only two minutes away from the Kelburn Terminal. Once you come out of the Cable Car at the Kelburn Terminal, walk towards Kelburn Lookout/Botanic Garden until you see a great round tree and follow the second pathway. Please visit our website for maps and brochures of the surrounding attractions (more focused map).

Kia Ora Alison, There are two ways to see the Botanic Garden. You can purchase a return ticket and return to the city centre at any time (suitable for people with time constraint). Or purchase one-way and walk down through the Botanic Garden which take about 30-40 minutes. If you're walking back to the city centre you'll also past by the Parliament Buildings. Please visit our website if you have further enquiries! Thanks,

Our ship, Holland's Noordam, docked at Atorea Quay near Westpac Arena, which is located in an industrial area and does not allow for pedestrian traffic. So we took the complimentary bus available, just as you depart the ship, from the industrial port into the city center. From there it is a short walk to the cable car station.

Kia Ora, the quick historic trip takes about 5 minutes. The Cable Car runs every 10 minutes between Lambton Quay (city centre) and Kelburn (Top of Cable Car where other iconic attracions of Wellington are, such as: Kelburn Lookout, Cable Car Museum, Space Place, Botanic Garden and Zealandia). The cost for an adult one way is about £2.27 ($4NZD) and return is about £ 4.26 ($7.50NZD).

Hi Kushmanr, yes you can buy tickets online via our website: one way $NZ4 or return $NZ7.50 for an adult. Sorry, we do not currently have any senior discounts, standard fares apply.

Hi there, the walk back down through the Botanic Garden (following the Pohutukawa flower tiles) takes approximately 40 minutes and is mostly a downhill walk. You'll end up at the Reserve Bank which is opposite the Parliament Buildings, they also have free hourly tours too! There are maps at the Cable Car and entrance of the Garden as well.

As a NZ resident I was able to use my seniors gold card. You can take the car back down or walk, or even catch a bus at the top back to the city. It's certainly very cheap and well worth the trip to the top.

We had no queue travelling mid-morning on a week day. There was not cruise ship in town though, so perhaps this would change things.