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It's not what you do, it's how you do it.
If your idea of a great holiday is getting your heart rate and adrenalin to skyrocket or doing something super unique that can't be done anywhere else, then Marlborough is the perfect spot for your next adventure.
Get your blood pumping with world-class running and biking events, flying in planes, swimming with dolphins, playing golf on a remote farm or heading out on an epic mountain bike trek, hitting the snow or hunting down rare native species. Get into it!
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Tash Luxton Conservation Kids Picton
“This is paradise. In so many parts of the world you have to be a millionaire to enjoy these things, but everyone can experience it here.”
My insider guide to MarlboroughCamp on Blumine Island
Head to the predator-free island, Blumine Island in the Marlborough Sounds, and hear kiwi at night and wake to a beautiful dawn chorus, before walking to the WW2 gun emplacement.
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Hire bikes
Get out and experience Marlborough’s vines or hills by bike
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Mount Tapuae-o-Uenuku
The highest mountain peak outside of the Southern Alps is visible from almost everywhere in Marlborough and central to Maori legend. Some climb it, and everyone admires it.
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Richmond Range
Hike or mountain bike through native bush to a DOC hut on the Richmond Range, then up through alpine flora to one of its beautiful peaks.
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Take the mail boat
Travel from Havelock or Picton and call in to isolated homesteads and secluded bays to deliver mail and groceries to families living in the Marlborough Sounds.
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Cruise with dolphins
Go dolphin watching, and learn about all the marine wildlife you see along the way, including seabirds and seals.
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Royal Spoonbills in Wairau Lagoons
See Royal Spoonbills in their mating plumage and Godwits on their annual migration, while you paddle the Wairau Lagoons.
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Visit Molesworth Station
Drive up the Awatere Valley Road to access Molesworth Station, which is open over summer months.
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Dream date in the Sounds
Catch the early morning summer boat trip to Motuara Island, then get dropped off at Furneaux Lodge for late breakfast. Walk to Punga Lodge for wood-fired pizza.
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Walks
Get to know Marlborough step by step, via walking tracks to alpine peaks, golden trails on working farms and native bush walks in the Marlborough Sounds.
Marlborough walks can be as challenging as Mount Tapuae-o-Uenuku, as beautiful as the Queen Charlotte Track and as relaxing as the Taylor River reserve.
Whether you’re hiking for a day or a week, staying in a tent, hut or lodge, you’ll love the pace of Marlborough.
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Lodge
Furneaux Lodge
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Lodge
Punga Cove Resort
Ferries & Water Transport
Bluebridge Cook Strait Ferries Wellington - Picton
Holiday Park
Picton TOP 10 Holiday Park
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