Picton Motels - Reviews and Rates

Queen Charlotte Track and Marlborough Sounds 20 to 24 March A very winding road brought us to the small village of Portage on Kenepuru Sound and we decided to base ourselves there for the next few days. The Dept of Conservation campsite was right next to the Sound and at the nearby hotel we could hire kayaks and bikes. Portage is about halfway a...

Leaving Wanaka we head further North up through the South Island. Our first stop on the way is at the Fox Glacier, we get there late in the afternoon and walk to the base of the Glacier in the drizzle but it still looks amazing. We walk back to the car before it gets any darker and make our way into town where we stay at a nice little backpacker...

Here we are in Picton, our last stop on the South Island. Tomorrow we'll cathc the ferry to Wellington and off we are to the North Island. The ferry ride is supposed to be amazing, the ferry takes you out through a bit of Malborough SOunds and out via the Cook Strait into Wellington. I am honsestly a bit scared of the ferry ride, because everyon...

I am currently working at a 5 star resort in the Marlborough Sounds. The resort is located on a beautiful piece of oceanfront property. It is in a very remote location with undisturbed views of the native bush and sea. It hosts 34 guests at any given time and they employ 20 staff members from all over the world (i.e. Germany, Czech Republic, Chi...

Slight changes in plans - Matt & Tina's wedding party is now set for 1st of March and we decided to pack our bags and hop on the ferry now rather than wait a few weeks to go up to Auckland and back down again. Getting the ferry tickets changed was no problem at all and we got cheap flights with Pacific Blue from Christchurch to Auckland so a...

This morning we had the option of taking a 4hr ferry ride to the South Island for $52NZD or a 30 minute plane ride for $61. We chose the plane ride and it was awesome!! We showed up at the Wellington Airport, didn't go through any sort of security at all and just walked down to the departure lounge at the end of the airport. We didn't even check...

Vanmorgen om 5 uur vertrokken via Christchurch (uurtje rijden, been there done that, dus uurtje slapen; kussen mee in de auto), via de oostkust van het Zuideiland (Kaikourabreaffast, stop in oa Blenheim) naar Picton. Onderweg bij een galerie/souvernierswinkel een heel mooie koperen Kiwi gekocht (de eerste kiwi die ik ooit heb gezien; of ik echte...

Vi rejser med Kiwi Experience paa New Zealand. Og det er absolut en helt genial maade at rejse paa. Man ser landet og stopper op forskellige steder og kigger natur. Guiden har styr paa alle de adventures man skulle faa lyst til. Og man moeder en del andre rejsende. Vi staar af og paa som vi lyster. Har dog en fast rute, men den har vi jo selv va...

Friday we woke up early in order to get to the Interislander Ferry in Wellington. I forgot to mention that last night Ron pointed out the Southern Cross constellation, which can only be seen in the Southern Hemisphere. Anyway, after saying many thanks to the Dederas and promisinig to get our aunt and uncle to visit them, we boarded the Interisla...

After the cloud and mist of Kaikoura, the clouds seemed to lift almost immediately upon leaving town. Not quite quickly enough though. There's a beautiful stretch of ocean road just north of the town that I drove on arrival when the sun was out. I didn't stop for photos at the time though as I knew I'd be coming back. An error, I reckon. Nonethe...