Blenheim Activities
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Blenheim enjoys year-round sunshine and diverse landscape. The region is conducive to an easy-going lifestyle and an excellent range of recreational activities.
Blenheim Activity Highlights Overview
Blenheim is a sunny place where you can do a lot or just relax and enjoy the beautiful weather. Tour one of the many local vineyards and wineries, explore the arts and crafts of the town centre, or join a guided tour, the choice is yours!
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Savour the Flavours of Wine Country
Blenheim is the base to begin your explorations of Marlborough's wineries.
- Tour the wineries and breweries with a guide, so you won't have to worry about driving
- Lunch alfresco amongst the vines - many wineries have a cafe or restaurant
- Follow the art and craft trail to see a thriving creative community in action
- Visit a distillery and see how it's done - taste locally produced fruit brandies and liqueurs
Find a Fresh Country Adventure
There's more to Blenheim than wine!
- Enjoy a high country horse trekking trip
- Explore private gardens open for viewing
- Local museums and restored heritage homes illustrate the early history of the region
- Find out about fly-fishing and hunting tours
- In summer you can do a guided tour of Molesworth Station, a high country farm. View the grandeur and beauty of the mountainous high country
- Take a walk in Wither Hills Farm Park - great views over Marlborough and the Wairau Plains
- Visit an orchard for seasonal fruit, in particular Marlborough cherries (December - January)
- Art galleries offer ever changing exhibitions of local and national artists
- Take a river cruise along the traditional trading route used by the early settlers
- Visit the Alpaca and Llamas just out of Koromiko
Soak Up the Scenery of the Marlborough Sounds
Just a short drive from Blenheim are the beautiful Marlborough Sounds. (A sound is a valley drowned by the sea—forest and water merge to create a dramatic coastal landscape.) The Marlborough Sounds are composed of three sounds: Queen Charlotte Sound, Kenepuru Sound and Pelorus Sound.
- Arrive by sea through the glorious maze of deep coves and bays of Queen Charlotte Sound. Fine restaurants and accommodation lodges beckon
- Explore the town of Picton. European settlement of this area began in the 1840s and many of the early buildings still grace the waterfront
- Go on a sea kayaking safari - guide yourself or join a group
- Walk the Queen Charlotte Track (three - four days) - a popular walkway with many entry and exit points and numerous top class resorts and accommodation providers along its length
- Visit the Edwin Fox, a maritime artifact, situated in Picton
- Dive shipwrecks - the Russian cruise liner Mikhail Lermontov and the wreck of the Hippalos, a 120-year old wooden barque
- Charter a sailing boat and cruise the Sounds - skippers can be hired
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Blenheim Accommodation
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Blenheim Region Information
Regional Information
Key information and facts about the Blenheim region.
Activity Highlights
Major activities and attractions in the Blenheim region.
Scenic Highlights
Major natural attractions in the Blenheim region.
History
History of the Blenheim region.
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