Martinborough Tours, Tickets, & Excursions

Spin along winding country roads to award-winning New Zealand wineries on this 1-day self-guided Martinborough wineries bike tour. Pedal at your own pace around the pretty town of Martinborough. Stop off along the way to visit boutique wineries and learn of the region’s rich winemaking heritage. Sample some of the fine wines for which the region is famous, and gain insight into the scents and flavors at play in your glass. When you get hungry, find a scenic spot and enjoy a delicious picnic of delicious local produce.

With the wind in your hair, discover the rolling vineyards and fine wines of New Zealand’s fertile North Island on this guided Martinborough wine and vine tour. Hop onto your bicycle or take your seat and relax aboard a comfortable rickshaw. Then, head off with your guide to begin exploring the vineyards and wineries of Martinborough. Hear entertaining stories from the town’s past and gain insight into its winemaking heritage. Visit three wineries and an olive grove, and pull over for a delicious picnic lunch along the way.

Treat your taste buds to award-winning wines on a day trip to the renowned Martinborough wine region. Departing by train from Wellington, meet an expert driver-guide for the coach trip to boutique Martinborough vineyards. Enjoy wine tasting and meet the passionate winemakers, indulge in a gourmet antipasto lunch in the charming wine village, and finish with a cheese platter and coffee.

The beautiful Te Maipi Range is stunning, hosting some of the best views in New Zealand, which is normally not accessible to the general public.

Whether you’re staying in the capital city of Wellington or exploring the vineyards of the Wairarapa, spend a day away from the streets and shops and dive into the forests of the southernmost point of the North Island. Get picked up from either city and taken direct to the Putangirua Pinnacle Track, a dramatic nature walk with plenty of lush forests, scenic coastlines and challenging cliffsides. Visit the unreal Putangirua Pinnacles and get stunning views of the Cook Strait from atop the 242 steps of the Cape Palliser lighthouse.

Martinborough is just a small town in the rural Wairarapa but it boasts a large number of boutique wineries, known internationally for their pinot noirs in particular. On this full day tour, visit some of the region’s wineries and sample their wines without worrying about who’s going to drive back to the hotel. Enjoy an exclusive behind-the-scenes winery tour in the morning: stroll through the peaceful grape vines and learn about how Martinborough winemakers make their celebrated wines.

Let us take you on an impressively scenic road out to the southern coast of New Zealand's North Island. We'll drive to the coast and then to Cape Palliser, the southernmost point of the North Island. We'll drive along the coast and have spectacular views of the open sea and maybe even the South Island. We'll see unusual land formations, drive through the unique fishing village of Ngawi, we'll stop to observe one of the seal colonies and then get to Cape Palliser where, if you are up for it, we'll climb the 250+ steps to the lighthouse.  Then we double back to Lake Ferry for lunch at the historic Lake Ferry Hotel.  To complete the day we return to Martinborough to taste pinot noir at a Martinborough winery.

On your private, halve day cellar door trip, sample and purchase European style wines at the Karl Johner estate, Gladstone Wairarapa. You will travel through some amazing scenery like the Upper Hutt valley, Remutaka pass & Wairarapa valley. All Casper's trips: • Are exclusive, private trips. You will have Casper and his vehicle entirely to yourselves Fit in with your schedule. Casper will pick you up from the cruise ship port, hotel or any Wellington city location, preferred departure time is 9.00am. • Offer comfortable travel for up to three passengers, in Casper's VW Golf TSI 2010.

Follow your Feet on these guided Tasting Experiences. Tours include Olive Oil tasting, Wine and Food matching, a few Brews and a sneaky peek behind the scenes. All within the Martinborough township of New Zealand. Taste Martinborough Walking Tours are the only tasting tour experiences that are hosted by wine-makers and locally immersed, industry professionals. Your tour gives you a taste of Martinborough's fresh produce - matched with wine and wine tasting tutorial. "Our host has a mouth and a palate. Seriously dynamic with all of the local gems and direct contact to the back door of some of the best food producers and winemakers". ~Hayley July 2020

On your private, halve day cellar door trip, sample and purchase European style wines at the Karl Johner estate, Gladstone Wairarapa. You will travel through some amazing scenery like the Upper Hutt valley, Remutaka pass & Wairarapa valley. All Casper's trips: • Are exclusive, private trips. You will have Casper and his vehicle entirely to yourselves Fit in with your schedule. Casper will pick you up from the cruise ship port, hotel or any Wellington city location, preferred departure time is 9.00am. • Offer comfortable travel for up to three passengers, in Casper's VW Golf TSI 2010.