Marlborough Icons Tour: Wine tasting, Cruise, and Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc Experience

Discover the best of Marlborough, New Zealand’s South Island, with a full-day tour featuring wine tasting, a scenic cruise, and a delightful Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc experience.

Duration: 6 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Marlborough Region - The Marlborough Icons Tour showcases the highlights of Marlborough in a single day. Begin with a morning wine tour, enjoy a light lunch, and then embark on a leisurely seafood cruise in the afternoon. Delight in fresh local seafood while cruising the breathtaking Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. Explore the renowned…
What's Included
  • Wine tasting
  • Seafood Cruise
  • Lunch
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Local taxes
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks (except wine tastings and light lunch & seafood tastings specified)
  • Enquire about our add-on pick up & drop off from Picton subject to availability and surcharges apply
Additional Information

Discover the wonders of Marlborough on this comprehensive full-day tour. Begin your journey with a morning pick-up from Blenheim, heading directly to the first of two exquisite wineries. Savor award-winning Marlborough wines, engage with esteemed winemakers, and wander through the picturesque vineyards at each stop.
Following the wine tasting, delight in…

Location
Marlborough Region
Cancellation Policy

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

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Alta-monza
Oct 27, 2025
Great day - The details of the trip are as previous reviewers have said. It's a great day sampling lots of wines & viewing stunning scenery with a lovely lunch then mussels & salmon mid afternoon. Highly recommended.
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John_g
Mar 26, 2025
Awesome - Wonderful! Everyone at the wineries were wonderful. Our driver Job was incredible. The cruise was incredible. Can’t say enough good things about this adventure.
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Tim
Feb 27, 2025
A great two wineries and boat tour with BBQ, hosted by professionals making a most enjoyable day. - A most enjoyable day started with collection from our accommodation and then onto two wineries for wine tasting. Both were made interesting by the staff and were unhurried and after the second one we had a platter lunch. From there it was a 30 minute transfer, with interesting commentary from our driver / guide Maureen to Picton, where we met the large catamaran boat. The captain provided an almost running commentary as we toured the local sounds, which was most informative. After anchoring everyone enjoyed green lipped mussels, or an alternative plus salmon, all BBQ on board. Overall an excellent and very professionally organised trip and many thanks for making it happen.
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Howard_l
Feb 24, 2025
Hojo - VHighly recommend. cruise with grilled salmon and mussels. Boat not ovecrowded at all. Two nice wine tasting and lunch included. And they picked us up at our hotel so we didnt have to worry about driving, etc. Highly recommend. Our guide was very personable.
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Veronica_l
Feb 14, 2025
Great day! - It was a great day with a perfect itinerary. Our driver Pete was wonderful and knowledgeable. Also a small group which we prefer. The wines and charcuterie were amazing then onto a beautiful cruise with mussels and salmon. Loved it!
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Anne
Jan 18, 2025
Wine tasting and cruise in Marlborough - Fantastic day which included visiting 2 vineyards for tasting. An open platter lunch followed by a cruise around Marlborough Sound. Great commentary from our ship captain John. Our guide for the day Andrew provided lots of interesting information. We enjoyed sampling green shell mussels and barbecued salmon and a glass of refreshing wine whilst on board. Highly recommended.
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Jacqueline_h
Jan 19, 2026
Highly recommend, good combo, great guide - Highly recommend this tour, our guide was excellent & so informative. We enjoyed the wine tasting & cruise was good, unfortunately weather not amazing, not their fault of course. Thank you for a great day!
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Shinichi_k
Jan 5, 2026
Wonderful. - You can communicate with the tour company in advance. We asked to be picked up at Blenheim Airport and they were happy to do so. However, I was forced to wait at the airport for a while, forgetting that the person in charge had changed to Blenheim Airport. So I deduct my points. Other than that, you can spend your time relaxing in hospitality-filled service from New Year's Day. Gorgeous.
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D5103opannettea
Nov 11, 2025
Stunning scenery - It was an excellent day. It was lovely to see so much of Queen Charlotte Sound, even if it did rain a bit on the cruise. Not sure if it's worth $288 per person, now $320??
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Don_c
Mar 15, 2025
Fun wine/cruise experience - Sam our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable about the 2 wineries we visited, Nautilus and Hunter. Would have been nice to have the option of upgrading the wine tasting. The boat cruise was awesome but we picked up additional passengers for the boat only, which made it crowded on the boat. The boat captain was very knowledgeable about the area we cruised and the crew very friendly and helpful. The mussels and salmon we ate was very tasty and there was alot for the passengers.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).