Tales from the Vaults Tour

Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington

Find out who is in and who is out of some of Karori cemetery’s most substantial dwellings. Note: tours do not enter vaults or try them out for size. The tour duration is 1 hour 45mins. This tour is suitable for people with moderate fitness. The route mostly follows paved surfaces but there are some areas of unevenness....

S.S. Penguin Tour SOLD OUT

Karori Cemetery The Shelter, Karori Cemetery, 76 Old Karori Road, Wellington

Apologies this tour is now sold out.   On the 12 February 1909, the SS Penguin sank in Cook Strait in a raging southerly storm with the loss of 72 lives, one of the worst maritime disasters in NZ history. Many of those who died were woman and children, as their lifeboats capsized in the...