Marlborough Icons Tour - Wine tasting + Cruise | La Vacanza Travel

Marlborough Icons Tour - Wine tasting + Cruise

Duration: 6 hours 30 minutes
Destination: New Zealand, Marlborough, Blenheim
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  • 6 hours 30 minutes
  • Blenheim
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Enjoy the very best of Marlborough, at the top of New Zealand's South Island. Indulge in Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, the Marlborough Sounds and fresh local seafood on this full-day tour. A Marlborough wine tour in the morning is followed by a delicious BBQ lunch on board the vessel before departure, then a relaxing seafood cruise for the afternoon, accompanied by fresh local seafood and Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc as you cruise the stunning Marlborough Sounds.

What Can You Expect?

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Marlborough Region, Marlborough Region, South Island

The Marlborough Icons Tour covers the very best of Marlborough in one day. A Marlborough wine tour in the morning followed by a delicious Marlborough Sounds waterfront lunch, then a relaxing seafood cruise for the afternoon, accompanied by fresh local seafood and Marlborough sauvignon blanc as you cruise the stunning Marlborough Sounds NZ. Sightseeing in the Marlborough wine region, famous for Sauvignon Blanc. View the vineyards, the wineries, sample great wines at two fabulous wineries.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Marlborough Sounds, Picton New Zealand

A relaxing seafood cruise for the afternoon, accompanied by fresh local seafood and Marlborough sauvignon blanc as you cruise the stunning Marlborough Sounds NZ.

Duration: 3 hours

Inclusions & Exclusions

Inclusions
  • Wine tasting
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Local taxes
  • Seafood Cruise
  • Lunch - BBQ Lunch onboard vessel before departure
  • Entry/Admission - Marlborough Sounds

Exclusions
  • Food and drinks (except wine and BBQ lunch & seafood tastings specified)
  • Enquire about our add-on pick up & drop off from Picton subject to availability and surcharges apply

Additional Info

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • A maximum of 10 people per booking (larger groups by arrangement)
  • A minimum of 4 people
  • The afternoon cruise is subject to favorable weather conditions
  • Most travelers can participate
  • May not be suitable for cruise ship guests, as the times for this cruise may not align to meet the callback time to the cruise ship. Please confirm your callback time before booking.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Departure Point

Departure Point

Blenheim isite Visitor Information Centre, 8 Sinclair Street, Mayfield, Blenheim 7201, New Zealand


Departure Time

10:00 AM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Duration & Voucher Info

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

6 hours 30 minutes

Cancellation Policy

User's Reviews

portiacousins

05 Apr, 2024

I am so sorry it has taken me so long to review this amazing tour as it really was the highlight of our New Zealand trip. We were picked up by Tanya, our WONDERFUL guide from Marlborough Tour Company. Tanya is so knowledgeable (especially as she previously worked at Cloudy Bay, friendly, helpful and happy to wait while we take photos or take photos of us! We adore her! We start at Cloudy Bay where we sample fizzy, white and red before a look round the winery (and some shopping of course!). We then head to Framingham Winery where we sample six different wines before being taken to Picton to join the Odyssey and Captain Nick for a BBQ lunch followed by seafood cruise. As we sail around the Marlborough Sounds Captain Nick tells us all about the area before we moor up and he treats us to locally caught salmon and Greenshell mussels on the BBQ, all accompanied by Sauvignon Blanc obvi! We see lots of wildlife and even get to feed the local ducks and fish! Tanya, Nick and stewardess Rhonda cannot be more friendly, helpful, kind and knowledgable. We really recommend this trip!

weechancer

03 Apr, 2024

Marlborough Sounds boat trip was superb, but our guide ruined the day. As soon as we were picked up, we started to feel uncomfortable with the highly political and biased comments being made by the tour guide (Bruce). We visited two wineries, but felt very rushed at both. The views expressed by the guide continued and a few of us were berated when expressing opposing views (and unfortunately for the guide, a number of the people on the bus are globally renowned experts in these fields!) The boat tour was fabulous once we were able to distance ourselves from the guide, the crew warm, friendly and welcoming. The sea food was delicious and very fresh - the only shame was having to get back on the bus.

b-muswell

31 Mar, 2024

Took this tour Sat 30 March. Our driver/guide Finn was exceptional: very pleasant and knowledgeable, and went out of his way to be helpful. Tastings at 2 wineries a very good experience. Unfortunately the cruise was let down by the rain. I’m sure that in better weather that too would have been great.

CandJDunnington

28 Mar, 2024

We were looking forward to a wine tour but in fact only visited 2 vineyards, and even here we felt rushed by the guide as he was anxious we were not late for the lunch and cruise. We had been told by our agents we would be having lunch at the Slip Inn at Havelock, but in fact we were going straight to the cruise where we were to have lunch. This was OK - "a build your own burger" from a variety of salads, bread and burgers - with a glass of wine. We cruised out to some green shell mussels bays were we stopped and were given a little talk about the mussels and how they develop in the beds. We were then presented with bowls of cooked mussels to taste. After this the captain barbecued some salmon and again we were given samples to tast.

huggibear

15 Feb, 2024

I’d like to give 3.5 stars . The problem was the early morning wine tasting - which I guess was described on booking however who really wants to taste wine at 10am? And there were only 2 wineries - nautilus winery I felt was not informative enough . The boat cruise was great although if you don’t like mussels make sure you fill up on lunch - I thought there would have been more free wine on the boat !

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The best day ever

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Great day exploring!

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Amazing experience

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What a Way to Spend a Sunday

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Great Tour Combination - Wine and Waves

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Wonderful day of wine tasting and water cruising in Blenheim

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Great wine tour / cruise through The Sounds

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Fantastic Tour.. Bloody Brilliant 👍🏼

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A bit disappointed

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A must-do!

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Icons tour - must do!

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Wine tour then Dine on fresh Mussels

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Wine tour and catamaran shellfish tour

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Nice mix of wine tasting and scenic cruise

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Fantastic tour a must see

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ワイナリー＆クルーズツアー！⛵🍷

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