Greetings,
We are Belaire Ferries and we’re now here for your future convenience, offering a new direct ferry service from Downtown to Rakino Island. Whether you’re familiar with us or not, we would like to extend a warm welcome to you, as well as thanking Auckland Transport for their support in helping us to provide you with this new service.
You may have heard that we have been operating the West Harbour to Downtown run for the last seven years. Our current passengers will testify that we run a pretty tight ship (so to speak), providing 14 return runs daily, Monday to Friday. With our staff maintaining a high level of professionalism, we always consider your safety first and with over 55,000 passengers in the last year, we have worked hard to achieve our impressive reputation and record for punctuality and reliability.
Clipper 1, the latest addition to our fleet, has previously been used for the Rakino/ Matiatia/ Pine Harbour run and is now at your service. She is capable of carrying 40 people with carry-on luggage and completes a one-way trip in 45 minutes. No bookings are required and all tickets are purchased on board. For pricing updates, additional trip information plus other details, please visit our website at www.belaire.co.nz.
Heading to Rakino, your journey departs from pier 3B at the Downtown terminal, which provides easy access to the Britomart public transport hub and downtown parking. Drop-off and loading bays are available on the eastern side of the Ferry Building and on lower Albert Street, with weekend and long-term parking available at the Auckland Downtown Parking Building.
- Each passenger can bring one carry on item (equivalent to a banana box) and a medium suitcase (equivalent of 2 banana boxes) free of charge. Additional items (dependent on space being available) are allowed at a rate of $4 - $6. Dogs and cats suitably restrained are also permitted. Passengers are advised to refer to the attached leaflet for exact luggage specifications. For any bulky or large quantities of freight Belaire Ferries highly recommends and encourages use of the existing Sealink service (www.sealink.co.nz).
For your benefit, Belaire Ferries are compiling a mailing list of Rakino Island ferry users.To be able to receive text alerts, updates and announcements, please email us at sales@belaire.co.nz with your name and contact details.
We are extremely excited about this new service and look forward to seeing you soon. In the meantime, feel free to contact us either via email or on 09 4166 344 with any queries.
See you on board!
The team at Belaire Ferries
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