Full Day Martinborough Wine Tour: An Escorted Taste of Martinborough's Award-Winning Wineries

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Wellington

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Experience an all-inclusive, full day wine tour in Martinborough. Visit award-winning wineries, indulge in gourmet food, and discover the hidden gems of the region.

Duration: 6 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Poppies Martinborough - Wine tasting and lunch
Te Kairanga Wines - Wine Tasting
Palliser Estate - Wine tasting

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Personal tour escort/host
Included tasting fees
Knowledgeable driver/guide
All taxes (GST) covered
Comfort with in-vehicle air conditioning
Engaging live commentary on board
Transport in an air-conditioned minivan
Travel convenience in a private vehicle

What's Not Included

Gratuities
Lunch

Additional Information

Martinborough’s Wine Adventure
Join us on a fully guided tour that takes us to three award-winning Martinborough wineries, a craft beer brewery, and a shop filled with an amazing selection of specialty cheeses. Complement your wine tasting with a delightful gourmet lunch platter (cost separate from tour price) at a unique winery, sure to thrill your…

Location

Wellington isite Visitor Information Centre

Wakefield Street

The Wellington iSite at 111 Wakefield Steet is the alternative pick up point if you are not arriving off a Cruise Ship or your Hotel is outside of the CBD pick up zone.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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P3878bnsimonm

Nov 8, 2023

A great tour around Wellington - A great tour with Explor at Wellington. We were on a cruise and I had booked the tour directly and thought we needed to go into town to pick up the tour, this is because the cruise companies tell people it’s not possible for passengers to walk in the port area, that is NOT true as Explor can pick up at the ship and have a pick up point that we missed (our fault) No matter Richard the owner came into town,picked us up and gave us a tour anyway. A friendly guy who obviously loves his job and is great fun and likes a joke. His local knowledge is top notch. Definitely recommend Explor.Simon & Bev

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Owlbtravelin

Mar 7, 2023

Cruise excursion from port - It was a nice way to spend our day. If you are doing this tour from the cruise port, follow the instructions. Kevin was prompt and we found him very quickly. Poppy's was a wonderful lunch spot. We received a nice variety of tastings at each winery. I recommend this trip.

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Christine_m

Feb 21, 2023

Winning time - We weren't crazy about the wines, but the lunch was great and the views fabulous. Enjoyed the day for sure.

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Nancy_m

Feb 6, 2023

A day with wine. - Three of us from the cruise ship took this fun tour with Dean as our guide and driver. He was so informative, interesting and entertaining, we all had a wonderful time. We visited three wineries and had lunch at Poppies, out under the trees. It was a great day and we highly recommend Xplor and Dean. Thank you for such a great time.

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Margaretcaissie

Feb 3, 2023

Great wine tour - Had a lovely wine tour and a great lunch. Highly recommend this tour. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and took us to a nice park which was unexpected. We enjoyed it.

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Pierre

Feb 2, 2023

Outstanding Tour Company - The Wine Experience was great. We booked a group tour and ended up with a private tour with Andrew which was fantastic. Andrew is very knowledgeable, nice and with a good sense of humour. On our return to the cruise ship we were stuck for over 2 hours in a major traffic jam due to a broken truck and missed the boat. The Xplor team (Lyne and Richard) took care of the plane ticket, and hotel at our next destination port, taking out the stress of searching for it. I will definitely recommend this tour and the Xplor company. They are professional and they are taking really good care of their guests.

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Mary_e

Mar 7, 2024

Good experience overall - Our driver from the Xplorer tour organization was friendly, on-time and knowledgeable about the Wellington and Martinborough areas. We learned a lot about the history of the area. Though not a wine person, our driver did a good job of driving us around and taking us to places that he thought would enhance our experience -- especially the lookout over Wellington CBD. The wineries themselves were not what we were expecting, but the overall experience was fine.

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Ronda_f

Feb 28, 2024

A nice vineyard tour - We understood when booking that we would be collected from the cruise port but later we were told to make our own way to Christchurch. As we hadn’t been there before we left our ship at 9.00 for an 11.00 pick up but never got to our first vineyard until 12.00. The three vineyards offered good quality wines. Lunch at Waipara Springs was ok we’ve had better. We later discovered we had been charged for the shuttle. Joseph our guide was very informative.

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Jerome_b

Feb 20, 2023

Beautiful drive & great wines - Beautiful scenic drive & great wines. Stopped in the park where The Lord of the Rings filmed the Rivendell scenes. Driver was very good & informative.

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Christopherwn4420sm

Feb 1, 2023

A Little Disappointing - Our guide Allen was friendly and informative. We only visited two winery's before returning to our hotel. Lunch is not provided and the only lunch option was at the second winery at 2:30pm.We would have preferred a few lunch options a little earlier. Our pick-up time was 11am it may have been better to have an earlier pick-up so as to visit the third winery.

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From $169

up to 15 guests

1 Adult