07 May 2022 - Marlborough Sounds & Wine Country - Flipbook - Page 3
Day 1 – Saturday 07 May: Arrive Blenheim
11:20am Depart Auckland on Air New Zealand flight NZ8207.
Flight time: 1hr 30m. Aircraft: De Havilland DH8 (Flights from other Air NZ domestic airports on request)
12:50pm Arrive Blenheim and proceed to baggage collection, where we will meet our local driver.
This afternoon we visit Peter Jackson’s Omaka Heritage Centre, NZ’s world class WW1 & WW2 aviation museum, where
we will have a private guided tour. If aviation is not your thing, we have a couple of tasty alternatives! From here you will
be transferred into town and our hotel for the next two nights.
Hotel d’Urville
52 Queen Street,
Blenheim 7240
Phone: 03 577 9945
Breakfast included and dinner one night.
Day 2 – Sunday 08 May: Blenheim Wine Country
10:45am: Meet Dennise in the lobby
After a leisurely start we explore Blenheim and the beautiful surrounding Marlborough wine region, and our local wine tour guide,
Dennise, has planned several stops at the best of the vineyards before returning to the hotel late-afternoon. We will have a casual
lunch at one of the wineries en-route (included). This evening we head back out for a special wine-matched Bon Voyage dinner
