Marlborough Wine Tours, Marlborough Sounds Cruises, New Zealand

Coming up over the next couple of months we have some fabulous cruise opportunities. For more information on any of these cruises please contact the team at Marlborough Travel.

MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS LUNCH CRUISE – Sunday 10th February 2008

Experience another part of Marlborough and explore the Sounds aboard the Marlborough Travel launch Odyssea. Buses will collect guests from Seymour Square and Vintners Retreat Resort at 9:30am and drive to Havelock Marina. There you will be greeted with a glass of Marlborough bubbles and taken out to the Kenepuru Sound for lunch. The Odyssea will return to Havelock at 2pm where your bus will transport you back to Vintners retreat and Seymour Square.
Tickets are just $95.00 per person and include bus transfers, Sounds Cruise, 2 course lunch and 2 glasses of wine.
The Marlborough Travel vessel Odyssea has a full liquor licence and a full range of Marlborough wines, international and domestic beers, OJ and non-alcoholic beverage are available on board.

HAVELOCK TO PICTON ODYSSEA CRUISE – Tuesday 12th February 2008

See the best of the Marlborough sounds onboard the Marlborough Travel launch Odyssea. Buses will collect guests from Seymour Square at 8:30am and drive to Havelock Marina. The trip then departs Havelock and cruises through the Mahau, Pelorus and then out and around into the Queen Charlotte sound. Along the way you will be served a BBQ lunch. Arrival time into Picton Marina is approx 3pm where a Marlborough Travel coach will return you to Blenheim.
Tickets are just $95.00 per person and include bus transfers, Sounds Cruise, 2 course lunch
The Marlborough Travel vessel Odyssea has a full liquor licence and a full range of Marlborough wines, international and domestic beers, OJ and non-alcoholic beverage are available on board.

DURVILLE ISLAND CRUISE – Sunday 2nd March 2008

8.30am Depart from the Havelock Marina and cruise through the Pelorus Sound, past the Kenepuru Sound and out through the outer sounds taking in the wonders of this stunning area. Visit a Greenshell Mussel Farm where your launch skipper will explain how the farm works and why mussels grow so well in the Marlborough Sounds.
Cruise past the birdlife sanctuary of Maud Island and towards the Chetwode Islands. On the way we will cruise past a NZ King Salmon Farm where your launch skipper will tell you a bit about the Salmon industry. This is a great place to spot the seals that live around the Salmon farm hoping for a free meal. Salmon will be on today's lunch menu!
Out of the Pelorus we will head across to d'Urville Island past the Trio and Rangitoto Islands and up to Stephens Passage for a look at Stephens Island, one of the last places in the world to have wild tuatara. While cruising around the top part of d'Urville we will stop for a nice BBQ lunch on board.
After lunch we will continue the cruise. Depending on the weather and sea conditions this could be a cruise down the western side of the island into Port Hardy and Greville Harbour or a cruise down the eastern side of d'Urville Island.
Either way we will then explore the Southern tip of the Island and cruise through the turbulent waters of French Pass. This is a real highlight as French Pass is an amazing area with some of the fastest moving (naturally occurring) water in the world.
After French Pass its off into Catherine Cove with a stop at the Wilderness Resort for a short time for people to go ashore and stretch the legs.
Cruising home in the afternoon through the Pelorus Sound to Havelock, arriving at approximately 6.30pm.
Ex Havelock The total cost is $195.00 per person, morning tea and lunch included.
Ex Marlborough Travel office at 7.45am. As above with return coach transport Blenheim/Havelock added - $210.00 per person.