We booked this tour as we... - We booked this tour as we wanted to see more than wineries and we weren't disappointed. My partner and myself really enjoyed the motor and aviation museums

A Great Day in Wine Country! - This Marlbourgh wine country is a valley that is surrounded by mountains and is absolutely beautiful, and the Hop On Hop Off bus tour is a great way to see it. We visited two wineries (one for lunch and a tasting, and the other for just a tasting) . Both were wonderful. We also visited the Makana Chocolate Factory. They gave us a sample upon entering which was enough incentive for each couple in our group to buy some chocolate. Their chocolate is a real treat! What a wonderful day!

Great friendly staff, ... - Great friendly staff, picking us at port was very connivence great value be great to give us bottles of water if we needed

Wine country treat - Wine country is beautiful. We stopped at the car museum and aviation museum first. Friendly staff and good mix of antique cars. Next, the Spy Winery was perfect for a tasting. Transportation on small buses was fine

Driving through area with choices of which stop to get off at - Because our ship was late to dock and let us off- we were only able to get off at 2 of the stops- there are 24 of them, and the brochure says you could probably do 5 in the time allotted. Would love there to be a division of stops and 2 routes: maybe culture(museums, shops) and food(wine tastings)- that would give the loops each about half the stops, we were driven around for all afternoon- had fun. Would recommend if you want to drive by it all.

Plan on 3/4 Stops - You can only do a few of the stops, so pick wisely. There is approximately 20/25 minutes between drop off and pick up and not always exactly on time. Example, the chocolate store stop is a quick 10 minutes to look, buy and then we had to wait for a bus which ran late. You definitely need 2 or 3 stops for wine tasting. A good way to see the area and make a few stops, but also costly.

The bus was clean and the... - The bus was clean and the drivers were friendly. The wineries were extremely busy and a few were ill prepared for their visitors so we were limited on how many we could visit. We did have reservations at a couple of the wineries which is a must or could ruin your experience.

Cruise ship-Picton - Not much opportunity to see Picton if you are coming off a cruise ship. You had to get on a smaller shuttle and then wait a bit to get in another shuttle. I don’t see how one could fit 2-3 stops as recommended. We got in 1 stop and then started running late so we were afraid to get off the bus fearing we would miss the ship. It’s a good thing we stayed on because the bus behind us broke down.

Details - No indication is given in the details online that booking with individual wineries is required or that the time available realistically limits the number of stops to 2

Too full - Busses constantly full and entire circuit drive time too long. Can only do 1 maybe 2 stops especially on a cruise stop.