Picton Hotels - Reviews and Rates

The above is the name of Andy's kayaking company if he ever starts one. We had a new experience in Golden Bay - kayaking in the sunshine! The bay lives up to its name with awesome deserted beaches, very quiet and we even saw a couple of seals. It is important to keep well clear of the roosting cormorants on the cliffs above.. It was a glorious w...

Hallo!!
hier also unser allerletzter Blog-Eintrag...viel ist passiert seit dem letzten Mal....aber trotzdem wollen wir es kurz halten, und diesmal vorallem die Bilder fuer sich sprechen lassen...

seit dem letzten Eintrag sind wir mit unserem Camper weiter die Suedinsel Neuseelands runter und dann wieder rauf gefahren und haben dann ans...

Took the ferry over from Wellington to the seaside town of Picton!
The ferry ride was three hours and we definitely messed up by picking the 6pm time slot. The ferry weaves through the Sounds and is supposed to be beautiful, however it doesn't do it much justice to see it pitch black.
We spent the night at a cheap hostel where we slept in ...

We started our circuit of the South Island on Sunday morning by driving north up Route 1 and our hope was to stop at Kaikoura, which is about 160 kms north of Christchurch, and take a whale watching tour. After a very relaxing drive, with virtually no other traffic, we arrived at our destination to find that, unfortunately the tours had been sus...

Laurie and I are in Double Cove which is in Marlborough sound which is on the north tip of the south island. The people were staying with are awesome they picked us up yesterday in the bay on their boat in Picton and we drove out into the sounds and their house is by boat access only. So crazy. so remote. Were staying in their guest house which ...

Drove up the coast to Picton where we chilled in wait for the ferry. On the way we stopped to see the pancake rocks which looked odd. Apperently nobody has ever come up with any conclusive explanation as to how they were created all them years ago. After pondering that for about 2 seconds we checked into a gayly decorated hostel and settled down...

Was tempted to spend the night in Nelson only 45kms away but considering I had already stopped their and there was nothing out of the ordianary that I wanted to see, I decided to make the trek back to Picton anxious to get underway on the Queen Charlotte trak after my taster on the fabulous Able Tasman Trak. It was pretty much smooth sailing all...

From Murchison we were going to head up through Nelson and then onto Picton but at the cross raods we made a quick decison to go up through Blenheim and then onto Picton. The other two had simply run out of cash and needed to get to Wellington quick smart so they could start looking for work and I had decided it would be a better route for me as...

After our helicopter trip we had a drive of around 470km from Franz to Nelson. When driving distances in NZ it is important to factor into your time that the speed limit is 100km on the open road, but that through towns you have to go 50km and the mountain passes are so winding that sometimes you are only doing 20kms! We packed a picnic and head...

Hey, Just arrvied in Picton yesterday. Nothing really to interresting. Today i have been around picton a bit. Its a pretty dead city on a sunday thats for sure. ;)