Full Day Martinborough Wine Tour: An Escorted Taste of Martinborough's Award-Winning Wineries
4.8
30 Ratings
Wellington
Experience an all-inclusive, full day wine tour in Martinborough. Visit award-winning wineries, indulge in gourmet food, and discover the hidden gems of the region.
Duration:
6 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Poppies Martinborough - Wine tasting and lunch
- Te Kairanga Wines - Wine Tasting
- Palliser Estate - Wine tasting
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Personal tour escort/host
- Included tasting fees
- Knowledgeable driver/guide
- All taxes (GST) covered
- Comfort with in-vehicle air conditioning
- Engaging live commentary on board
- Transport in an air-conditioned minivan
- Travel convenience in a private vehicle
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Lunch
Additional Information
Martinborough’s Wine Adventure
Join us on a fully guided tour that takes us to three award-winning Martinborough wineries, a craft beer brewery, and a shop filled with an amazing selection of specialty cheeses. Complement your wine tasting with a delightful gourmet lunch platter (cost separate from tour price) at a unique winery, sure to thrill your palate. If preferred, there’s an option to replace the brewery visit with a fourth winery.
Highlights include:
• Beautiful journey through the Hutt Valley, featuring locations from the Lord of the Rings films
• Scenic 20-minute drive over the Remutaka Mountains, followed by a peaceful drive through rural towns and countryside to Martinborough
• Wine tasting at select boutique wineries
• Delicious gourmet lunch platter (not included in the tour price)
• Visit to a local craft beer brewery
• Cheese tasting at C’est Cheese
- MINIMUM age is 18 years
- Cruise Ship Passenger bookings should select the following option as their pick up location which is the Port: 151 Aotea Quay, Pipitea, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
- Cruise Ship Passenger bookings should add their ship name in special requirements field.
Location
Wellington isite Visitor Information Centre
Wakefield Street
The Wellington iSite at 111 Wakefield Steet is the alternative pick up point if you are not arriving off a Cruise Ship or your Hotel is outside of the CBD pick up zone.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(30 Ratings)
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P3878bnsimonm
Nov 8, 2023
A great tour around Wellington - A great tour with Explor at Wellington. We were on a cruise and I had booked the tour directly and thought we needed to go into town to pick up the tour, this is because the cruise companies tell people it’s not possible for passengers to walk in the port area, that is NOT true as Explor can pick up at the ship and have a pick up point that we missed (our fault) No matter Richard the owner came into town,picked us up and gave us a tour anyway. A friendly guy who obviously loves his job and is great fun and likes a joke. His local knowledge is top notch. Definitely recommend Explor.Simon & Bev
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Owlbtravelin
Mar 7, 2023
Cruise excursion from port - It was a nice way to spend our day. If you are doing this tour from the cruise port, follow the instructions. Kevin was prompt and we found him very quickly. Poppy's was a wonderful lunch spot. We received a nice variety of tastings at each winery. I recommend this trip.
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Christine_m
Feb 21, 2023
Winning time - We weren't crazy about the wines, but the lunch was great and the views fabulous. Enjoyed the day for sure.
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Nancy_m
Feb 6, 2023
A day with wine. - Three of us from the cruise ship took this fun tour with Dean as our guide and driver. He was so informative, interesting and entertaining, we all had a wonderful time. We visited three wineries and had lunch at Poppies, out under the trees. It was a great day and we highly recommend Xplor and Dean. Thank you for such a great time.
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Margaretcaissie
Feb 3, 2023
Great wine tour - Had a lovely wine tour and a great lunch. Highly recommend this tour. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and took us to a nice park which was unexpected. We enjoyed it.
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Pierre
Feb 2, 2023
Outstanding Tour Company - The Wine Experience was great. We booked a group tour and ended up with a private tour with Andrew which was fantastic. Andrew is very knowledgeable, nice and with a good sense of humour. On our return to the cruise ship we were stuck for over 2 hours in a major traffic jam due to a broken truck and missed the boat. The Xplor team (Lyne and Richard) took care of the plane ticket, and hotel at our next destination port, taking out the stress of searching for it.
I will definitely recommend this tour and the Xplor company. They are professional and they are taking really good care of their guests.
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Mary_e
Mar 7, 2024
Good experience overall - Our driver from the Xplorer tour organization was friendly, on-time and knowledgeable about the Wellington and Martinborough areas. We learned a lot about the history of the area. Though not a wine person, our driver did a good job of driving us around and taking us to places that he thought would enhance our experience -- especially the lookout over Wellington CBD. The wineries themselves were not what we were expecting, but the overall experience was fine.
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Ronda_f
Feb 28, 2024
A nice vineyard tour - We understood when booking that we would be collected from the cruise port but later we were told to make our own way to Christchurch. As we hadn’t been there before we left our ship at 9.00 for an 11.00 pick up but never got to our first vineyard until 12.00. The three vineyards offered good quality wines. Lunch at Waipara Springs was ok we’ve had better. We later discovered we had been charged for the shuttle. Joseph our guide was very informative.
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Jerome_b
Feb 20, 2023
Beautiful drive & great wines - Beautiful scenic drive & great wines. Stopped in the park where The Lord of the Rings filmed the Rivendell scenes. Driver was very good & informative.
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Christopherwn4420sm
Feb 1, 2023
A Little Disappointing - Our guide Allen was friendly and informative.
We only visited two winery's before returning to our hotel. Lunch is not provided and the only lunch option was at the second winery at 2:30pm.We would have preferred a few lunch options a little earlier. Our pick-up time was 11am it may have been better to have an earlier pick-up so as to visit the third winery.
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