What's to do?
Here is just a sample...
Events
- World Famous Marlborough Wine & Food Festival Feb 2017 offering wines from 50 local famous wineries, great food and entertainment. Good day out…
- Forrest Grape Ride April 2017– 100 km Cycling Event (2000 riders entered 2015) NZ’s largest Cycling event. Sponsored by Forrest Wines.
- St Claire Half MarathonMay 2017 – 3000 entrants both walkers & runners from all over NZ entered this event in 2015.
- Jules Taylor Wines - Marlborough Women’s Triathlon November 2016 with over 220 racers in 2015. First event was in 1983.
- Omaka Maize Maze -Get Lost in the Omaka Maize Maze, enjoy outdoor entertainment at Marlborough's first corn maze.
Sight Seeing
- Marlborough Wine Trail – This is an opportunity to visit a selection of over 120 wineries situated in the Blenheim area. Guided Wine Tours, Cycling Tours and Wine Trail Maps are all available. Not all offer dining facilities and Cellar Door tasting rooms but many do. These are highlighted on the map. Go see the World Famous Cloudy Bay Winery…
- Wither Hills Farm Park – Blenheim’s best kept secret. A selection walking and mountain biking tracks less than 10 mins away. Views to die for. Well sign posted tracks for walkers and cyclists of all abilities.
- Visit Havelock - the Greenshell Mussel capital of the world
- Lochmara Eco Lodge – Marlborough Sounds
- Omaka Air Museum – Omaka Blenheim Aviation Heritage Centre. This has recently been rated Marlborough's Number 1 attraction on Trip Advisor
- Cruise the beautiful Marlborough Sounds with Cougar Line