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Martinborough Wine Centre -- Phone: 06 306 9040
Is a showcase store for Martinborough wines and wineries, plus other local products.
6 Kitchener Street, Martinborough.
Palliser Vineyard Walk
This 40 minutes walk starts down Dublin Street, walk past the swimming pool and campsite, then turn left at the end into the vineyard and follow the yellow markers.
Grape to Glass Tour -- Phone: 06 306 9165
Hosted by the vineyard owner. (max. 10 people)
Sat. & Sundays, 11.30am at the Murdoch James Estate Winery.
284 Dry River Road, Martinborough.
Martinborough Wine Tours -- Phone: 06 306 8032
From Vine to Wine - Martinborough
in a day.
Toast Martinborough
Wine/Food and Music Festival Website
Early Morning Balloons Ltd -- Phone: 06 879 4229
Flights leave from Carterton where you will fly in a group of approx 10 passengers plus the pilot.
Visit the wineries and vineyards
Olive Oils:
- Akrotiri Estate Olive Grove -- -- Mobile Ph: 027 233 2081
Has olive oil tastings and grove visits.
114 Hinakura Road, Martinborough
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Olivo –- Phone +64 6 306 9074
Hinakura Rd, Martinborough
Stonehenge Aotearoa –- Phone 06 377 1600
NZ’s full-scale working adaptation of Stonehenge, this open-sky observatory incorporates concepts of Egyptian, Babylonian and Indus Valley astronomy, Polynesian navigation, and Celtic and Maori star-lore. Guided day and sunrise/sunset tours.
Follow the signs from Park Rd, Carterton.
Richmond Garden –- Phone 06 379 8867
Open by appointment. A formal Italianate garden, listed as a Garden of International Significance.
40 Wakelin St, Carterton
Chocolate Therapy Ltd (trading as Schoc Chocolates)
Phone 06 304 8960 --
177 Main St, Greytown
Patuna Chasm Walkway – Phone 06 306 9966
Bookings essential. Part farmland stroll, part bush walk and part limestone cave and streambed adventure, this 4 hour walk offers a close-up look at the NZ landscape. Take a change of clothes and a picnic lunch. Open Labour Weekend (Oct) till Easter.
Ruakokoputuna Rd, 17kms southeast of Martinborough
Hauiti Lavender Farm – Phone 06 306 9921
Visits welcome, group tours by appointment. Small on-site shop.
131 Dublin St, Martinborough. 2km from Martinborough Square
Day trip to Cape Palliser
Cape Palliser, the southernmost point of the North Island, is punctuated by the candy-striped Cape Palliser Lighthouse. From Martinborough, the road crosses the plains to the shores of Palliser Bay, then follows the surreal coastline south past Ngawi, where ancient tractors stand like sentinels on the beach, waiting to haul local fishing vessels from the sea. Near the Cape, the road is more like a track, but once there you can park the car and climb to the lighthouse for fabulous views. Nearby, keep an eye out for the North Island’s largest permanent colony of fur seals.
Putangirua Pinnacles
One of NZ’s best examples of “badlands erosion”, the dramatic stone-capped columns of the Pinnacles lay at the foot of the Aorangi Ranges, in the Aorangi Forest Park. The pillars, or “hoodoos”, featured in the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy as a backdrop for the Dimholt Rd scenes. Walk the streambed, follow the bush path or, for the best vantage point, take the loop track past the lookout. While on the streambed, beware of falling rocks.
Putangirua Pinnacles Scenic Reserve, 13 km along Cape Palliser Rd past Lake Ferry turn-off.
Fell Locomotive Museum -- Phone: 06 308 9379
Home to the sole remaining fell locomotive in the world. Designed to run on three tracks, the engine is one of six which climbed gradients as steep as 1 in 13 over the Rimutaka Hills prior to the completion of the rail tunnel.
Cnr Lyon and Fitzherbert Sts, SH 2 Featherston (behind Information Centre)
Pukaha Mt Bruce National Wildlife Centre 06 375 8004
Open daily except Christmas Day, 9am-4.30pm. The bush is alive with birdsong in this 9.4 square km haven thanks to the Centre’s Captive Breeding Programme and Forest Restoration Project. Kiwi House, Takahe Café, Interactive Forest Display, Guided walks and tours, Eel Feeding, (1.30pm), Kaka Circus (3pm) daily.
SH 2, 30km north of Masterton. www.mtbruce.org.nz
Aratoi-Wairarapa Museum of Art and History - Ph 06 370 0001
370 sq metres of air-conditioned galleries featuring local history, taonga Maori, national and international contemporary art collections. Admission by gold coin donation --
Bruce St, Masterton. www.aratoi.org.nz
Tui Brewery –- Phone 06 376 0815
(Bookings essential). Expect a bit of kiwi humour when touring the brewery, the Tui brand is famous for it!
Tui HQ Tui Brewery, State Highway 2, Mangatainoka
Wine tasting at