Martinborough Wine Experience
A fully escorted tour which takes in three award winning wineries in Martinborough,a craft beer brewery and a sensational shop bursting with speciality cheeses. Enjoy your wine tasting matched with a delightful gourmet lunch platter (cost not included in tour price) at a boutique winery that will leave your taste buds tingling. The option of replacing the craft beer brewery with a fourth winery is available on request.
Features include:
• Picturesque ride through the Hutt Valley, seeing some of the Lord of the Rings filming sites
• 20 minute drive over the Remutaka Mountain Range then through tranquil rural town and countryside leading to Martinborough
• Tasting at boutique wineries
• Gourmet platter lunch (cost not included in tour price)
• Tasting at local craft beer brewery
• Tasting at C'est Cheese
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller. Service animals allowed. Public transportation options are available nearby. Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap. Suitable for all physical fitness levels. 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.. PICKUP LOCATION MUST BE GIVEN AT TIME OF BOOKING: Default pickup location Wellington iSite Visitor Centre, if you do not know your hotel at time of booking. You can amend your pickup when you know your hotel, if it is located in the CBD pickup area.
The Wellington iSite Bus Stop at 145 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.
A PICKUP LOCATION MUST BE GIVEN AT TIME OF BOOKING
If you are unsure, please select 'i-SITE Bus Pickup Point' when booking. This can be amended later if required. DO NOT put 'I will select later'.
CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS WILL BE COLLECTED FROM THE PORT IN THE DESIGNATED PICKUP AREA, YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO IN TO THE CITY
Please select "Wellington Cruise Ship Port, Pipitea" option as your pickup location and enter your ship name in the additional booking details.
Your pickup time will be 45 minutes after the ship has docked (even if your ship has been delayed or arrives early) with 8.45am being the earliest pickup time. For the convenience of other guests, please ensure you arrive at the tour area promptly as the tour may not wait for you. Look out for the Xplor Tours guides who will greet you.
NON-CRUISE SHIP PASSENGER BOOKINGS:
Pickup times may differ from tour start times if there are multiple guest pickup locations. We will contact you in advance of your tour with your estimated pickup time if this is the case.