Shore excursion: Napier-Premium Wineries & Sights /Art deco tour

We visited 2 wineries and saw amazing art deco areas. Our driver was very informative.

Karen was a fabulous tour guide! Very knowledgeable and friendly. Really enjoyed our time with her. We visited 4 wineries and they were all great! Highly recommend!

We had a wonderful day We visited a few look out points with amazing views. Bus was comfortable and our driver was friendly and knowledgeable Visited Mission estate and Shed560 Both were really good Wine was exceptional at Mission We ordered a case to be delivered to Australia as shipping is free. Thank you

Kirsty was a wonderful very knowledgable guide. so passionate about her tour. We enjoyed the day spent with her very much. I highly recommend this tour and this tour guide.

Anil was a great tour guide. He was very knowledgeable and has a great sense of humour. He showed us the beautiful lookout and then the stunning art-deco little town. We were then taken through the art-deco suburbs to see the houses. Following this we were taken to two beautiful wineries where we tasted a number of lovely wines. Highly recommend this tour group, and especially Anil.

Fabulous tour - our guide Anil was amazing and ensured we had AMPLE tastings and a super fun experience, including arranging for us to have one of the owners lead our tasting at Brookside. THANK YOU ANIL!!

Tour was not as advertised and disappointed with the day. First of all this was not a small group with max 15 people - it was a 50 seater quite frankly horrible bus which was old and filthy and very uncomfortable. The tour guide was actually very knowledgeable and gave us lots of information about the history of Napier which was very interesting. After this we went to Mission Estate and had an enjoyable tasting but then rushed back to the bus and no time to explore the beautiful winery. Then taken to Arataki honey which was a waste of time as cannot make purchases as on a cruise ship. Then off to the Bluff lookout which couldn’t actually go all the way as large vehicles are banned, not sure if we had been on the advertised mini bus it would have made a difference. The Napier reef garden wasn’t even mentioned or visited so missed out entirely. Then taken to Pask winery which whilst was not the advertised winery was a nice enough visit but then tried to split us up into two groups one back to ship the other advised wouldn’t be taken back to ship and we would have to catch ship shuttle, unfortunately there was no room for us on the ship bus so advised would have to go to shuttle stop, after some disagreement agreed to arrange to take us to the ship along with sone other guests in the same situation. Overall very disappointed with this tour.

Tour was not as advertised and disappointed with the day. First of all this was not a small group with max 15 people - it was a 50 seater quite frankly horrible bus which was old and filthy and very uncomfortable. The tour guide was actually very knowledgeable and gave us lots of information about the history of Napier which was very interesting. After this we went to Mission Estate and had an enjoyable tasting but then rushed back to the bus and no time to explore the beautiful winery. Then taken to Arataki honey which was a waste of time as cannot make purchases as on a cruise ship. Then off to the Bluff lookout which couldn’t actually go all the way as large vehicles are banned, not sure if we had been on the advertised mini bus it would have made a difference. The Napier reef garden wasn’t even mentioned or visited so missed out entirely. Then taken to Pask winery which whilst was not the advertised winery was a nice enough visit but then tried to split us up into two groups one back to ship the other advised wouldn’t be taken back to ship and we would have to catch ship shuttle, unfortunately there was no room for us on the ship bus so advised would have to go to shuttle stop, after some disagreement agreed to arrange to take us to the ship along with sone other guests in the same situation. Overall very disappointed with this tour.

This was advertised as a small group tour, maximum of 15 people. Over 40 people were crammed into an older bus, not a coach, where the sear widths were extremely narrow, making travelling uncomfortable. We were supposed to leave 30 minutes after the first person arrived in the bus. We were nowhere near the first on the coach and we waited for over 40 minutes before it left. At the end of the second tasting we were told that we would be returned to Napier where we would have to catch the shuttle bus back to the port, rather than being dropped off at the port where we had been collected from. As so many of us complained, an additional minibus was provided to take us from where the bus finally stopped in Napier back to the port. The wine tasting at the Mission was excellent, as was the one at the Pask winery. Whilst the coach drove around Napier, there were no photo opportunities in the town, other than through the bus windows.

Great day. Anil was great. At Brookfields, he recognized Sharon was having a good time with our group and let us stay longer. Full disclosure: We bought 4 bottles. Well worth it.