The Royal Albatross Centre located on the tip of the Otago Peninsula just 45 minutes from Dunedin, offers guided tours to view these majestic tropical seabirds through the Nature Reserve into the viewing Observatory. Here at Taiaroa Head you can see the world's only mainland royal albatross breeding ground and witness these massive birds with incredible wingspans coming in to land. The Royal Albatross Centre offers a unique tour telling the story of the Northern Royal Albatross and the People of Pukekura/Taiaroa Head of Waitangi. The classic tour offers a guided your of the story of the Northern Royal Albatross and includes a short movie, and the guided tour of the underground Fort Taiaroa is a fascinating experience with views of the fully restored Armstrong Disappearing Gun. The Royal Albatross Centre also has The Albatross Cafe with large cafe windows providing Albatross sightings and there is a souvenir shop.

The Albatross Cafe located at the Royal Albatross Centre on the tip of the Otago Peninsula just 45 minutes from Dunedin, invites you to come and enjoy a wonderful meal while watching for flying albatrosses through the huge cafe windows. Open for full breakfast, lunch, morning and afternoon tea and coffee, the Albatross Cafe welcomes groups, adventurous tourist and clubs and can cater to meetings and presentations in a separate Education room. Come and enjoy fresh and tasty cuisine like the legendary seafood chowder, hamburgers and specialty vegetarian dishes, surrounded by wildlife in its natural environment, you won't want to leave.

The Royal Albatross Centre Souvenir Shop located on the tip of the Otago Peninsula near Dunedin offers a wide range of well priced gift items and stock real New Zealand souvenirs like jewellery handcrafted from Paua shell. Also available are Albatross souvenirs including keyrings, albatross fridge magnets, books on the magnificent albatross, skin care items, toys and more. A postcard selection features wonderful pictures of the local wildlife including albatrosses, penguins, sea lion, seals and landscapes of the Otago Peninsula. Choose from delicate earrings of native plants encased in gold, perfect for you or a gift for a loved one, or local handcrafted pottery or even merino wool clothing made in New Zealand, and so much more.