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Top activities in Marlborough

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Queen Charlotte Sound Mail Boat Cruise

NZ$110
Per adult
100% of travellers recommend
Queen Charlotte Sound Mail Boat Cruise
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Picton Shore Excursion : Marlborough Wine Tour

NZ$164
Per adult
Picton Shore Excursion : Marlborough Wine Tour
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Half-Day Cruise in Marlborough Sounds from Picton

NZ$93
Per adult
Half-Day Cruise in Marlborough Sounds from Picton
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Half day Sea Kayak Guided Tour from Picton

NZ$100
Per adult
Half day Sea Kayak Guided Tour from Picton
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Full-Day Marlborough Wine Tour Including Wine Tasting

NZ$154
Per adult
Full-Day Marlborough Wine Tour Including Wine Tasting
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Motuara Island Bird Sanctuary and Ship Cove Cruise from Picton

NZ$97
Per adult
Motuara Island Bird Sanctuary and Ship Cove Cruise from Picton
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Popular places to visit in Marlborough

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Picton Harbour

4.5/5(370 reviews)

Visit a floating maritime museum, board a chartered fishing boat and relax beneath the tall palms that line one of New Zealand’s most important harbours.

Picton Harbour
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Picton War Memorial

4/5(2 reviews)

Pay your respects to Picton’s fallen servicemen at this moving war memorial that overlooks Queen Charlotte Sound.

Picton War Memorial

Areas of Marlborough

Picton Harbour showing a coastal town, a marina and a bay or harbour

Picton

Cascading mountains surround the harbour of this beautiful seaside town, located in the heart of the Marlborough Sounds.

Picton
Marlborough which includes forests, mountains and a marina

Havelock

Taste fresh greenshell mussels, help deliver the local mail by boat in the Pelorus Sound and hike among the hills surrounding this idyllic coastal village.

Havelock

Day trip destinations from Marlborough

Blenheim

Blenheim

Nelson

Nelson

Picton Harbour showing a coastal town, a marina and a bay or harbour

Picton

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St. Arnaud

Photo by Scott Payne

Portage

Photo by Hannah M

Lochmara Bay

Linkwater

Linkwater

Marlborough which includes forests, mountains and a marina

Havelock