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Experience a half-day culinary adventure in the beautiful Wairarapa and discover locally made cheese, chocolate, and wine, each offering a unique taste of this wonderful area...
Highlights
- Cheese, chocolate and wine tasting
- Sightseeing stop at the top of the Remutaka Ranges
- Visit C'est Cheese factory, Schoc Chocolates and a local Martinborough winery
Experience a 5-hour guided tour over the stunning Remutaka Ranges to the Wairarapa region, renowned for its world-class culinary producers. Just an hour’s drive northeast of Wellington, the journey includes a scenic stop at the 555m high Summit, offering breathtaking views.
Your first culinary delight awaits on the other side of the mountain range at C'est Cheese artisan deli, where you'll enjoy a tasting platter of locally made cheeses.
The tour then takes you to the world-class wine region of Martinborough, famed for its pinot noir, for a tasting flight at one of the premier local wineries. An optional lunch is available upon request.
The next stop takes you to the boutique township - Greytown, where you can indulge in the exquisite creations of chocolatier Murray Langham at Schoc Chocolates.
The tour concludes with a return journey via the Remutaka incline back to Wellington city centre.
All prices are shown in NZD ($)
- Per person$155.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Per person$165.00
- Per person$144.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Per person$165.00
- Per person$165.00
- Per person$165.00
- Per person$165.00
- Per person$144.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Per person$165.00
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ashleigh14 from New Zealand wrote on 22 January 2024
All foodies must try!
All round a great day out- excellent weather, knowledgable host, superb scenery and great variety of foodie stops!
waynes19 from New Zealand wrote on 01 January 2024
Wine and cheese
An enjoyable experience. Great chance to experience the region. Phil was very knowledgeable and accommodating. Great to be picked up door to door
Rebekah Brown from New Zealand wrote on 05 May 2022
Not great value for money
Phil was a great host/driver and very knowledgable about the surrounding area. The places we went were great stops for foodies. We did feel that for the price we paid ($150 each), we expected more input from the stops and a bit more of a bespoke experience. E.g. at the cheese shop we were given three samples of cheese and a few crackers which we felt we could have bought ourselves and tried more varieties for a lot less money, but there was no additional information about the cheese-making process or particularly unusual cheeses available to try. It didn't feel much different to just walking off the street for free and taking the cheeses home to try ourselves. At the chocolate shop we also could have just bought lots of different chocolate bars and tried them, and would have gotten a lot of more samples for the money we paid. Again, no offer of interaction with the chocolatiers to see how they make the chocolates, which we expected given the cost of the experience. But the choice of stop was excellent with beautiful chocolates and amazing variety of flavours. The winery was also a lovely stop, but no different to walking in off the street, and because we bought wine, the tasting fees which we had paid for in the booking were waived anyway, unsure if this happened in the other two stops as we also bought produce from the other businesses. The reason we have given our rating is that we felt the experience was a glorified taxi service and the value for money was poor.
From Martinborough Half Day Foodie Tour
Hi Rebekah, Sorry to hear the experience didn't live up to expectations and that you don't feel you got value for your money. I must admit it's not feedback I've ever received about this tour before. Certainly the chocolate tasting was something that walk in customers don't have access to. Similarly with the cheese factory the kitchen and cafe were closed but to the general public but open for us. I appreciate that perhaps more time and access to the people behind the products may have given you more of the value you're after. It's something I'll try and work on in future. I enjoyed your company on tour and I do appreciate the kind words you have left regarding my performance as driver guide. Once again I'm sorry the value for money wasn't there for you in this experience. Phil - Zozo Travel
Jessica Shackel from New Zealand wrote on 05 August 2023
Amazing day out!
A great tour. Tour guide was friendly, wineries gave a good amount of tasters, a couple of them had 4-5 wines to try and cheese and chocolate shops were very cute and quality products. Could have been more cheese and chocolate to try/bigger pieces, but was still impressed with the tour.
From Martinborough Half Day Foodie Tour
Thanks for the review Jessica and the lovely feedback about your local driver guide for the day. Glad you had such an enjoyable half day out with us in the wonderful Wairarapa!
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Linda Robertson from New Zealand wrote on 09 June 2024
Hitting the Martinbourgh trail
This was a very interesting outing. It was a long time since I had been to Martinborough and surrounds but this trip was beyond what I would have found if left to my own devices. Featherstone in particular was a surprise with its amazing cheese shop and fabulous pub dining. The trip around to the lighthouse was something else… an interesting road without even one sign remarking on the obvious ie that the road was narrow and one lane in various spots. The seals were quite a sight and mildly intrigued by tourist attention. The walk to the lighthouse was a challenge and not my scene but I take my hat off to those who gallantly trecked up the steep stairway. The driver was very informative and flexible. This was a very good outing.