Abel tasman - Great crusie and get on off for walks if you want to... make sure you go on good day sea quite choppy during our day but still worth it

Fantastic - Fantastic experience in beautiful part of New Zealand. Helpful cheerful staff, and comfortable boat. Would do again!

V good - Went for the 4.5 hours trip, abit too long specially if you are with kids, better to get dropped on one of the beaches and picked up again later when the cruise is returning, you can have a good time on the quieter beach

Getaway of a lifetime! - Wow this trip was absolutely fabulous! A 10/10 experience, it feels like you are in the islands. Phil, Michelle, and Ollie are awesome guides who are committed to their job and the people they are serving. You can tell they love what they do, and are passionate to make your trip the best experience. The food and hospitality were outstanding, completely blew us away. Felt so safe, relaxed, and able to switch off on this getaway. Will be recommending this to everyone!

Excellent boat tour - I highly recommend the Wilsons Vista boat tour! Not only were they on time, but it was all very clean, and the team just great! Super nice and very helpful. One of the staff on the ship had memorized all the passengers’ stopping requests, and is on the way to each one to give tips for hiking or highlights of the respective stop! The captain also told a lot about the sights and the flora and fauna during the trip. And the views of the Tasman NP are simply gigantic. Next time definitely with Wilsons!!

Avoid the chicken roll - Went on the 1245 cruise todayfor 3.5 hours, was advised that light meals and snacks were available on board. We ordered the hot chicken roll. Words cannot describe how disgusting this was, hard dried out bread roll, inedible and a ridiculous price of $10. Very dissappointing. A first rate area, you need to improve or not sell anything on board.

Booked a Vista Cruise, received a Vigour Taxi ride - Four months in advance, our travel agent had booked an Abel Tasman Vista (a large catamaran with bar, ample enclosed and top deck open seating, toilets, etc.) cruise described as 5.75 hours of "a cruise in style and comfort along the spectacular granite coast." It was to include a Kiwi BBQ lunch and a "skipper provid(ing) interpretative commentary." When we arrive an hour in advance of our schedule 10:30 am cruise, we were informed that because they were "a bit slow" our cruise had been changed to 3 hours of Taxi rides (jammed in with hikers, campers, and kayakers), a 2 hour solitary lunch, and a .75 hour cruise on the Vista catamaran. Although we confirmed our Vista cruise a day in advance, neither we nor our travel agents had been informed of the significant changes. We had been offered no alternatives or the option of canceling the "Taxi" cruise. Amazingly, Abel Tasman had a 9:15 am Vista Cruise available, that had we been told in advance, we could of joined. The Taxi was cramped, open, cold, and traveled fast. Not the comfort and relaxed pace we expected on the catamaran. We had to wear life jackets the entire three-hour ride going from drop off stop and pick up stop to accommodate the eight other hikers, campers, and kayakers on the small Taxi. To top it all off, after lunch, we had to wade through freezing water along with six kayakers (this is after the original eight had been dropped off) to climb onto a flat boat and ride to the Vista Cruise catamaran for the 45 minute cruise back to port. We no longer had to wear life vests, it was not cramped at all, and had full interpretive commentary. Finally, a comfortable low paced cruise. We were given an adjustment in what we paid, but our agent hasn't disclosed it. There were other cruises/catamaran companies available and we suggest you look into those as we would not recommend Wilsons Abel Tasman. In our opinion, they are unreliable and frankly, out of the ordinary when it comes to the hospitality industry in New Zealand.

Worst and terrible experience - Very disappointed and worst experience, it was very bad weather and full rain, we did not see anything, 3hours we were seating on the chairs, you should cancel that cruise if you know that weather was going to bad, the staff members were so nice and they provided good service but it so terrible experience and so scary, I would really like to get some refund for my trip, just wasted my money.

Do NOT go on a ‘Vista Cruise’ - My family of 7 went on the 4:30 ‘Happy Hour’ vista cruise and it was an hour and a half of pure hell. On a perfectly sunny and still day, the cruise was so fast and choppy that we could not see a single of the ‘spectacular beaches and islands’ that were advertised. The top of the boat was out of the question because of the wind and sea spray, and the bottom of the boat was so choppy, it felt like we were on Tasman’s sailboat back in 1642. We made a few ‘stops’ along the way, but we only made the stops to pick up and drop off other people, because this ‘cruise’ was a glorified water taxi. Oh and the ‘cafe/bar’ that this cruise touts was a 1 meter by 1 meter space with a microwave to heat up the frozen garbage they have. To make matters worse, the credit card machine didn’t work so you couldn’t buy their stupid food/drinks anyway. The boat was also disgusting and dirty. Do NOT waste your time

This isn't an informative cruise, it's a water taxi - The vendor's description of this "excursion" on Viator is egregiously misleading. This isn't a nature cruise with live narration. It is quite literally a water taxi that shuttles hikers to different parts of the park. Neither was there any "live" commentary. There were a handful of recordings, but they were barely audible because the speakers were in such disrepair. Sad waste of time.