Waiheke Island Gourmet Food and Wine Tour
Description
Our most popular tour, you will visit three vineyards each offering a range of gourmet tastes to accompany their wines. Treats may include oysters straight from Te Matuku Bay, Waiheke olive oil and Waiheke honey. Ananda Tours is a Waiheke family-owned company that has been sharing the Island that we love for over 25 years. Our close relationships with local providers and highly knowledgeable guides ensure that our visitors leave loving the Island as much as we do! The itinerary will vary slightly over June/ July & August
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Itinerary
All venues subject to availability. If not available it will be replaced with somewhere similier.
Here you will learn how the oil is produced and taste a range of different oils, including the peppery Greek style Koreneiki, the Spanish-style Picual, or the Tuscan-style Frantoio, as well as island blends.
A Spanish-influenced vineyard with Gaudi-inspired mosaic artists. Here they match their local wine with morsels of food in a tapas style, enjoy a delicious lunch, served family-style Subject to availability. May be replaced by an alternative vineyard if unavailable.
The final stop is at The Heke, where you may choose a where you can enjoy a tasting of small-batch craft whisky, or simply enjoy a glass of local wine in a laidback setting.
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What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Minimum age is 18 years
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Any dietaries must be notified at least 24 hours prior to tour start time
- Specific venues subject to availability - itinerary subject to change without notification.
- Oysters have seasonal availability and are sometimes unavailable if there has been heavy rain, as they are unable to harvest.
- Our vehicles unfortunatly do not have luggage space for mobility scooters or wheelchairs.
- Not recommended for Vegans
- Not sutable for severe nut allergy. For any anaphylactic allergies an Epipen must be carried.
Reviews(345)
This was the most amazing experience! Grant was amazing and we had the best time-best tour guide EVER! All of the places we stopped were so much fun and so good. Batch Winery, Casita Miro, Heke, and All Press-would highly recommend the Gourmet Food and Wine Tour! FANTASTIC!!!
Thank you for taking the time to review us - we really appreciate your feedback! Glad to hear Grant ensured you had a fantastic day, he is a gem and we agree, one of the best! Really pleased to hear you enjoyed all of the venues too, the Gourmet Tour is one of our favorites.
Grant was an epic host , very passionate and informative on everything Waiheke. Great wine/vineyards great food. We were a group of 7 from varied countries and backgrounds , Grants sense of humour put us all at ease. Cheers Jeff and Daile
Hi Jeff & Daile, Thank you for the great review of Grant and the tour, so pleased to hear you both had a great day on Waiheke with us.
Very organised tour with knowledgeable guide. Easy paced and a fabulous lunch and a relaxed whisky tasting to finish up
Thank you for your great review, we are pleased to hear that you had a great experience with us on the Gourmet Tour. The prefect day on Waiheke!
Helen was our guide ~ very personable and very knowledgeable about island life. The tour was part of our Scenic experience and so worthwhile. Small group - 10 in total. The venues visited were excellent with no pressure to purchase, although we did. Thoroughly recommend this activity if one has a day to spare in Auckland.
Thank you for the great review, we are so pleased you were able to join us on Waiheke as part of your Scenic Tour.
Great guide, well organized, very small group (6), great food, generous servings of food and drink. Never had to pay for any extra.
Fantastic tour. Really nice guide. Loved it!
Really nice tour, 100% recommended. Craig was an incredible tour guide!!
Great tour from Craig, a local who knows this beautiful island. Very enjoyable, eclectic restaurant/winery for lunch. Wines are good, but conversation with the people at these boutique vineyards is the fun part. The tasting at the olive grove was a nice plus.
This was an amazing experience! I was hesitant to go on a guided tour, but it was more convenient than trying to figure out our own transportation on the island. I am so glad that I decided to go with Ananda Tours. Our guide, Kelly, was a local and so friendly. She knew all about the island and told us all about it as she drove us around. She brought the whole group together so by the end all of us ended up getting a giant group photo! I haven't even mentioned the wine and the food. OH MY GOSH. It was sooooooo good. The lunch at Casita Miro was to die for. I cannot express how much I want to go back to New Zealand just to eat there again. The next time we go back to, I promise, I am booking this tour again!
We spent about half a day on Waiheke with our guide Grant, and the car was great and the guide was funny. The whole island is not very convenient by bus alone without chartering a bus, and Ananda's charter service is recommended. Grant has a history detailing the island, and we also went to Heke Winery, where the food was good, lamb was particularly highly recommended, and local Fire in the Hole cinnamon-flavored whisky was recommended on the wine side, with a low degree of 35 degrees but a rich entrance. And wine blended with local Meluka honey is highly recommended.
Thank you for your 5 star review.
