Your personal guide will enthrall you with tales of the villains, victims and heroes that have served time in the oldest prison in New Zealand.
Be entertained with stories of infamous deeds, notorious gang members, violent kingpins, prison escapes, ghosts and inside scams. Visitors have stated that the Napier Prison Tour experience was the highlight of their East Coast visit. Napier Prison was closed in 1993 and reopened in 2002 for your memorable experience in Hawkes Bay.
Scary Night Tours
At a time to suit your group. Minimum 20 people. Hear stories about hangings and escapes and see ghosts, ghouls, lunatics, prisoners, murderers and the criminally insane. Its gonna be a scream!
Guided Historic Tours
Listen to tales of a prison wall constructed with hard labour, as well as hangings, escapes, and ghost sightings. Feel the chill on the back of your neck as you walk from death row past the graves of the executed and into the hanging yard. Take your mug-shot and get locked up in solitary confinement!!
The only Hawkes Bay attraction and one of the only 6 New Zealand attractions listed in the 2008 Lonely Planet Blue List Book.
Recommended and featured on the front cover of the 1001 Best Things to See and Do in NZ book. Also featured in the "Redemption Hill" and "Off the Rails" TV series.