5 Relaxing Activities for Your Stay in Blenheim
Check out our favourite activities in Blenheim to ensure you leave feeling relaxed and rejuvenated:
1. Pelorus Eco Tours
Pelorus Eco Tours – The Pelorus River offers some of the most stunning scenery in New Zealand and was even the set for one of the scenes in ‘The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug’. Located about an hours drive from Blenheim, this Pelorus is one of New Zealand’s hidden gems. Enjoy cruising down the river in your own canoe, learn about local history and simply take it all in.
2. Wings & Wine
Wings & Wine – The team at Jade Tours have combined two great activities into this 5 hour tour. Combine a visit of the Omaka Aviation Heritage Museum with its world renown displays of vintage aircraft and spectacular exhibitions crafted by Weta Workshops. Then take a tour of Marlborough’s stunning vineyards sampling some delectable Sauvignon Blancs and Pinot Noirs.
3. Taste Marlborough Tour
Taste Marlborough Tour – Enjoy a full day exploring the renown Marlborough wine region. Don’t worry, you don’t have to organise a thing! Just sit back and relax while you are taken to exclusive wineries, taste award winning wines and enjoy a gourmet lunch.
4. Bird Watchers Experiences
Bird Watchers Experiences – Take a trip from Picton out into Queen Charlotte Sound all the way to Motuara Island Bird Sanctuary. Take in the superb scenery and make sure you take your camera as the predator-free island is a bird-lovers paradise. Bird watching is a fantastic way to relax and enjoy nature.
5. Wine Tours by Bike
Wine Tours by Bike – Take your time and choose your preferred cellar doors with a Self-Guided Wine Tour on bicycle. There’s no pressure and they even give you a lift from Blenheim out to Renwick just to make it easier. Sounds pretty relaxing to us!