Picton Lodges - Reviews and Rates

If we had our time again, we would have spent a good week or so in this area but unfortunately we only stopped around Picton for a couple of days as we were running out of time.

Queen Charlotte Sound is a maze of waterways at the top north east corner of New Zealand´s South Island. They´re the result of a series of mountains which have su...

We took the ferry down to the South (cos flights were too dear, and our bags are way over the weight limit, which apparently they are quite strict about here). It was a smooth crossing & the time passed by quickly, no dodgy tummies this time thankfully! The ferry drops you in Picton which is a tiny little town. We decided to stay a night the...

We were hoping to have spent our first day on South Island checking out the wineries and vineyards, but as we crossed the Cook Strait in our ferry, the heavens opened and stayed open till we got to our holiday park. Even then they didn't close, and the torrential rain was so heavy we got soaked getting from the car into the cabin. So there was o...

Monday, July 23, 2007 I was off bright and early on my way to Picton by ferry and crossed the Cook Strait. Thankfully the water was calm for the most part and no one was seasick!!! I ran into Angelica the day before in Te Papa and said she would be on the same ferry today. We ate the sandwiches and cake that Glenn had packed up for me on the fer...

We had a brief one night stop in Wellington before catching the early morning ferry to Picton in the South Island. We'd heard quite a few horror stories about how rough this crossing can be and so had a very small breakfast in the morning! Lucky for us it was a very calm day and, apart from a 20 minute rough patch, the crossing was totally flat....

Can everyone please book the next flight to New Zealand and come explore this amazing place with us!!! This place is something out of a book! We started out of Auckland, rented a little Nissan, and drove down, car camping all the way down. So nice not to have those heavy back packs on our backs! We have been stopping along the way, going to a be...

At the official start of Summer we notched up another walk, or tramp as they call it in New Zealand, completing the 71km track around the Queen Charlotte Sound on the South Island. I don't know whey they call it tramping here; perhaps it is because you end up looking like a tramp by the end. We needed a water taxi to get to the start and as the ...

We got the ferry from Wellington to Picton via the Marlborough sounds on Tuesday morning. We had heard that the South Island was a lot more beautiful than the North Island and we could see already the change in scenery. We spent our first night in Nelson then drove straight to Abel Tasmin National Park on Wednesday. We realised we weren't doing ...

I'd booked us into a 5 star motel in Picton for Sunday night - I thought we needed a bit of luxury so that we'd be in good shape for the walk! We called off in Anakiwa for scones and jam en route as I wanted to see Jan and Brian again - the couple who ever so kindly let me stay in their beautiful guesthouse in June (after some bartering on my pa...

This was our first stop on our two week long whirlwind trip around the South Island. It was an amaizingly lush area. We camped on one of the hills in the background after making port. The locals are really friendly and you can find some fun trinkity stuff there.