5 Shore Excursions in Marlborough, With the Price Beside Each

1.Picton Cruise Ship Shore Excursion Marlborough Wine Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 165 reviews · from $155Our pick

Leave Picton by minibus for Marlborough’s vineyards and visit up to five cellar doors in about five hours. Your guide may be Bruce, Lucinda, Lisa, John, Marsley, or another Jade Tours host. Expect tastings, a vineyard stop, chocolate, and lunch at your own cost. Groups are limited to 11.

“Bruce was very knowledgeable and easy going we had a lovely day exploring the wineries and enjoying the countryside would highly recommend”

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2.Shore Excursion Marlborough Wine Region Tour from Picton

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 71 reviews · from $148

From Picton’s i-SITE, join a maximum-11-person minivan tour through Marlborough’s vineyards. Visit four cellar doors, taste sauvignon blanc, pinot noir and other local wines, stop at Makana Confections, and usually pause for lunch at one winery. Guides such as Gavin, Paula, Keith, Phil, and Dean keep the five-and-a-half-hour outing on schedule.

“Our Driver/Guide Gavin was excellent! He was very informative about the wineries we visited as well as area facts.”

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3.Picton Shore Excursion: Queen Charlotte Sounds Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 60 reviews · from $50Best value

Join Beachcomber Cruises at Picton waterfront for a 90-minute English-language sightseeing cruise into Queen Charlotte Sound. Your skipper points out sheltered bays, native forest, seabirds, and marine life, with inside, outside, and upstairs seating. It is a practical choice for cruise ship passengers with limited time, though transport from the ship is not included.

“It was great to see a part of Queen Charlotte Sound that is otherwise hard to get to.”

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4.Marlborough Wine Trip Shore Excursion

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 28 reviews · from $146

Meet Jade Tours near Picton i-site for a five-hour minibus trip through the Wairau Valley. You will visit at least four cellar doors, taste standard wines, stop for lunch at a vineyard restaurant, and usually visit a chocolate factory. Guides such as Marsley, Bruce, Mike, and Chris lead groups of up to 10.

“Our guide, Mike, was an amazing body of knowledge! He was our driver and guide and all the wineries knew him well and commented that he knew more than they did in many cases. We had THE BEST day, 4 wineries and 16 tastes of wines and the possibility to buy a scrumptious lunch. We cannot recommend this tour more highly!”

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5.Marlborough Wine Shore Excursion

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 4 reviews · from $144

From Picton, you’ll spend five hours in the Wairau Valley with an English-speaking guide and up to 10 fellow passengers. Visit four to five cellar doors, enjoy a reserve wine or DNA brewery flight with lunch, and stop at Makana Chocolate Factory if time allows. Guide Bill has earned praise for his driving and wine knowledge.

“Couldn’t heard anything the driver was saying, just bad over all!!”

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