🏨 Muriwai Scenic Gannet & Wine Experience Activity

Muriwai Scenic Gannet & Wine Experience

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 8 hours

Departs: Auckland, Auckland

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Leave behind the bustle of Auckland City and spend the day exploring Auckland's wine country, agricultural region, where you experience their heritage and tradition, whilst tasting their award winning world-renowned wines. Savour a picnic by the lake, enjoy a game of outdoor, experience a delicious lunch at a vineyard restaurant roaming gardens and wander among the vines, continued to an impressive coastline with cliff-top trails to a huge gannet colony, at Muriwai’s one of New Zealand's most spectacular black-sand surf beaches.

What's Included

A local English-speaking tour escort throughout the tour

Chance to see nesting Gannets preparing for winter migration

Complimentary pick up and drop off from Auckland CBD

Complimentary refreshments and water on board

Enjoy wine tastings at 3 locally owned vineyards

Fully guided return transfers from Auckland

Lunch with a three course meal with matching wines

Luxurious temperature controlled transportation in a minibus

See the rugged West Coast & regional Park meeting the Tasman Sea

Spectacular views of the Tasman Sea and West Coast from the lookouts

Visit the black sand west coast wild beaches of the area

Visit to lookouts over Muriwai Beach, the gannet colony

What's Not Included

Access to Wi-Fi on board for a small surcharge

Breakfast

Dinner

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 2
CHILD: Age: 3 - 11
ADULT: Age: 12 - 99

Additional Info

Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Easy and good fitness level required.
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Please wear comfortable clothing suitable for the conditions, Sun protection, jacket/warm layer, & any essential personal items.
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Easy and good fitness level required.
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Please wear comfortable clothing suitable for the conditions, Sun protection, jacket/warm layer, & any essential personal items.
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Coopers Creek Vineyard

Our first spot for wine tasting at Coopers Creek Winery has been a true pioneer in New Zealand. All the wines are expertly crafted from grapes grown with care and dedication in New Zealand's best winegrowing regions. You'll find our wines available around the world, from London to Los Angeles, Toronto to Tokyo and many places in between. With a reputation for producing some of the finest regional wines, Coopers Creek is a must-visit Auckland attraction. Set in the idyllic landscape of the heart of Kumeu, the family-owned winery provides for a great day out.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Westbrook Winery

Located in the picturesque Ararimu Valley, Westbrook Winery's skilled winemakers produce iconic hand-crafted wines using time-honoured traditional and innovative techniques. Set in twenty acres of picturesque park-like grounds, the Cellar Door looks down over tree-covered grassy terraces and across a pretty brook-fed lily pond to row after row of vines. Experience a guided tour of the vineyard and look into the winery with a special tasting of one of our special cellared library wines. Then enjoy a tasting of a selection of our current release wines.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

The Hunting Lodge Winery & Restaurant

Within 5 minutes’ drive The Hunting Lodge sits pretty in Waimauku. Just around the corner from Kumeu, it’s surrounded by breath taking vineyards, forest and farmland. You’ll feel a million miles away from the city, even though it’s just a 30-minute drive. The stunning destination restaurant, Cellar Door & Lawn Bar, and it’s incredible setting will woo your heart (and taste buds) time and time again. Enter the historic villa restaurant and you’ll find a mouth-watering all day menu. Inspired by the seasons where the wine and food experience evolves throughout the year. Award winning Executive Chef Des Harris has created a fresh dining experience that will have you feeling at ease. Enjoy a three course meal with matching wines.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Muriwai Gannet Colony

After satisfying your taste buds, next you visit one of the region’s special places. Relax with a side trip through beautiful traditional rolling sheep and cattle country to visit the Muriwai black sand beach. We make a stop to get amazing views along the coast and talk about what makes the west coast Auckland beaches unique. See Gannets nesting and flying over rock outcrops and black sand beaches. The gannet colony is in residence from August to March. Here you get a close-up of the gannet colony without disturbing their environment.

A big treat to our eyes and stomach makes this experience worthwhile.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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