Marlborough’s year-round sunshine and diverse landscape are conducive to an easy-going lifestyle and excellent range of recreational activities – on land and on the water.
The region offers an outdoor paradise, with native forests, trout-filled rivers, coastal tracks, sheltered bays for cruising and fishing, mountains and high backcountry – all easily accessible from its towns.
Whether you love wine or wildlife, sea-kayaking or cruising, native bush walks or formal garden rambles, under clear sunny skies Marlborough is a great place to unwind. In town and country there are galleries museums shopping, craft studios and food specialities to discover, with numerous tours taking in the best.
You’ll find history here too – from the Maori legends of Kupe, stories of settlement and battles past, to explorer Captain James Cook who favoured the Marlborough Sounds as a base while charting New Zealand in the 18th Century. The nature lover will revel in the dolphins, seals, spotted and king shags, tiny blue penguins, native bellbird, tui and other precious birdlife, throughout the region and within bird and sealife sanctuaries.
Contact our i-SITE Visitor Centres for up-to-date information and a friendly booking service.