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Marlborough Wine Tours: Self-Designed, Flexibility, and Special Discounts
4.4
38 Ratings
Picton
Design your own Marlborough wine tour with flexibility and special discounts. Explore wineries, museums, bike tours, and more. No car or designated driver needed!
Design your own Marlborough wine tour with flexibility and special discounts. Explore wineries, museums, bike tours, and more. No car or designated driver needed!
Duration:
7 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Blue Penguin New Zealand Gifts - A proudly locally owned and operated store, Blue Penguin New Zealand Gifts is based in Blenheim. They stock a wide range of quality gifts including New Zealand-made jewellery, hand-crafted right here in the shop studio. They also sell superb bone and New Zealand Greenstone (Jade) carvings, clothing, knitwear,…
- Blue Penguin New Zealand Gifts - A proudly locally owned and operated store, Blue Penguin New Zealand Gifts is based in Blenheim. They stock a wide range of quality gifts including New Zealand-made jewellery, hand-crafted right here in the shop studio. They also sell superb bone and New Zealand Greenstone (Jade) carvings, clothing, knitwear, luxurious NZ possum-merino woollen garments, natural beauty products, organic foods, art and much more.
What's Included
- Air-conditioned transportation
- Air-conditioned transportation
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic beverages
- Lunch
- Alcoholic beverages
- Lunch
Additional Information
This journey is thoroughly customizable by you. Utilize our schedule and venue details to determine where you want to disembark. While you’re at your chosen spot, most locales provide exclusive rebates to Hop on Hop off riders.
Even if you’re not into alcoholic beverages, there’s still a vast array of other options available, including museums, bicycle…
This journey is thoroughly customizable by you. Utilize our schedule and venue details to determine where you want to disembark. While you’re at your chosen spot, most locales provide exclusive rebates to Hop on Hop off riders.
Even if you’re not into alcoholic beverages, there’s still a vast array of other options available, including museums, bicycle tours, a chocolate store, and a wide variety of delicious food to try.
• Reach a selection of Marlborough’s top wineries conveniently and safely
• An excellent method to partake in wine tasting without needing a car or a sober companion
• Opt between a half-day, afternoon or full-day pass
• Personalize your trip itinerary according to your unique desires
Location
Picton isite Visitor Information Centre
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(38 Ratings)
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Flyer52263937751
Jan 30, 2025
Need to do the tour again. - Decided to do a tour and grab a few drinks.
Bus drivers were really nice. Office staff cheerful and helpful.
Learned a lot about the region. Had some good laughs with my mates.
Great wine, beer and gin places.
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Suzanneay1147wr
Jan 30, 2025
Love Marlborough - Thanks James our driver for the day. We thoroughly enjoyed the day with commentary and humor to make it special. Hope you enjoyed the the Truffle
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Ded869
Jan 29, 2025
It was a good day. - I came to NZ on business. I have a little time.... If it's the South Island, I'll have wine!!! So I went on a wine tour.
Fortunately, the weather was nice, and we enjoyed tasting wine while enjoying the scenery and a little bit of local beer....In the end, we enjoyed it with a local gin.
Some wineries require advance booking, so you should consult the tour office.
It's wine, but there are elements that you can enjoy plenty besides wine!
There is also a museum where you can learn about Marlboro's history from the beginning, and a museum of cars and airplanes.
Unfortunately, I forgot the name of the shop, but if you like sweets, there are chocolate shops on the tour.
For now, one day is not enough, so if I had the chance again, I would love to go to places I didn't go this time!
The staff and driver were also nice.
Thank you again.
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Flyer57944713665
Jan 27, 2025
Had a great day chilling with some nice folks. - I had an amazing time on the hop-on hop-off wine tour in Marlborough! Although this tour was a wine tour I particularly enjoyed the stop at Brayshaw Heritage Park. I saw how much effort is being dedicated to preserve the Marlborough region.
Winery wise....I really liked Spy Valley Wines. Their Pinot Noir was fantastic.
The convenience of hopping on and off as I pleased made the day stress-free, and I appreciated being able to linger at my favourite spots. The driver was also really helpful with recommendations. A great way to explore and enjoy the beauty (and delicious wine!) of Marlborough
Oh yeah. Do not miss out on Vines village!!!!!
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Sonja
Dec 11, 2024
Brilliant way to get around well on hoilday without the car - Awesome experience good way to get around with 2 small children well on hoilday super friendly drivers an very helpful.
Makana was a great stop
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Theone100
Dec 11, 2024
Great way to have a few beers - Decided to do a few places for beers. Was a great day out. Some cool cars at the car museum classica like Fords, Holden, Cortinas enjoyed.
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Stevie1944
Feb 18, 2024
The perfect package! - This was the perfect way to have it all…wineries, breweries, gifts,good food..and even chocolate! And no worries about directions on how to get there. No-one had to do the driving and miss out on the amazing scenery.
You get to choose what interest you, from antique cars and museums to liquid refreshments of all sorts. Our driver was excellent and knowledgeable (Rue). Definitely would recommend this.
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Gruffevans
Feb 7, 2025
A good trip that benefits from sone pre planning and booking. - A good experience that would have been improved if we had been sent information and timetable a week earlier, with guidance to book in at each venue in advance. A number of the venues were not able to cope well with drop in visitors.
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Monicy320tu
Mar 13, 2024
Improvements to scheduling required! - Had to sprint to get on one minibus after my first stop in Blenheim when it was preparing to leave early, even though I got there about 15 minutes before the departure time. Later I had to wait 55 minutes at the last stop to get a minibus back to Picton, when the service was stated to depart every 30 minutes. One driver in the middle of the day was on time to arrive and depart (he was on loan from the Queenstown service), had good banter and was an overall credit to the company. Altogether, my day was unnecessarily anxiety-inducing because at least one driver didn't pay attention to the stated departure times.
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Linda
Jan 19, 2025
Don t waste yr money if cruiseships are in town - Don t waste yr money on a day when cruise ships are in town.the cruise ships and local wine tours book out the wineries. We got on hop on hop off at 10.30 . Once we were on they told u need to book wineries in advance for tastings. If you don t have a local sim you are already stuck. We decided on Hunters winery as bus driver said there was good chance it be quiet. We could not get tastings as their venue was booked out with 1big bus per hour.waited half hour for next bus.did not get off until we found a town pub with TAB to make sure it would not be crowded to have lunch within our half hour. Friends went same day and asked if wine museum open ? Driver assured them it would be . They spent their precious half hour in carpark waiting for another bus as it was closed. Many wineries could not accomodate ppl from hop on hop off.only reason we did not book wine tour was that we had to catch last shuttle to cruise ship at3pm . They could not guarantee we d be back and recommended hop on hop off. Worst value of tours on our whole trip.
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