Hawkes Bay Scenic Tours. Welcome to Hawkes Bay Scenic Tours. Napier is internationally renowned as the "Gourmet Food and Wine" destination and is the "Art Deco" capital of the world. We offer fully guided Wine and Scenic Tours, tasting World class Wines and visiting historic wineries. With over 2300 sunshine hours per year, beautiful public gardens, historic wineries, wonderful scenery and a fabulous Art Deco city, come and discover one of New Zealand's best kept secrets!

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Welcome to Hawkes Bay Scenic Tours. Napier, Hawke's Bay is a 'not to be missed' destination. It is internationally renowned as a gourmet food and wine destination and is the Art Deco capital of the world. We offer fully guided Wine and Scenic Tours, tasting World class Wines and visiting historic wineries. With over 2300 sunshine hours per year, beautiful public gardens, historic wineries, wonderful scenery and a fabulous Art Deco city, come and discover one of New Zealand's best kept secrets!

Enjoy tasting World class wines, explore New Zealand's only Winery Museum, setup in old wine fermentation tanks. See the crystals and the Wine levels on the walls - all still visible today. Tour the Tom McDonald cellar. Visit and taste at New Zealand's oldest Winery. Move onto Hastings to two Top Wine producers from the famous "Gimblett Gravels" wine producing region. We also offer a Brewery option to replace the forth Winery. Your wine tour or ours....you choose.

Napier also hosts the Art Deco Festival, held annually on the third week of February. The festival is a week long celebration with classic vintage cars, jazz, wining and dining, dancing, theatre, and people dressed in the glamour and elegance of the Deco era.

Discover the unique City of Napier, with a fully guided and informative Tour, and share it's heritage and history. Damaged in a massive earthquake 76 years ago, Napier was rebuilt in a unique style, and has become known as the Art Deco Capital of the World.

We have a wide range of recommended tours, or you can custom build your very own tour, which we can fine tune to your requirements.

Some of the things our tours can provide:

  • Take in the Art Deco Areas and historic buildings.
  • Beautiful public gardens and waterfall.
  • Drive along the famous "Marine Parade" and learn about the sites and attractions.
  • Magnificent City lookouts.
  • Drive along Napier's Harbour, Restaurants and Bars.
  • Tour the City and surrounding areas.
  • Admire two world famous Wineries and vineyards - enquire about wine tasting
  • Picturesque country drive (post card scenery)
  • View Spanish Mission, Art Deco architecture in Hastings - also damaged by the 1931 earthquake
  • Photo opportunities in Hastings City (Highlights)
  • Travel through the picturesque village of Havelock North
  • Enjoy breath taking views from a Peak (399 metres, 360 degree views) overlooking all of Hawke's Bay, and beyond
  • Complimentary Tea / Coffee at a Cheese Factory


Learn some of Napier's history from early settlement days - the devastating earthquake to the modern era of today - view and photograph the changes for yourself -you will leave with an informative colour souvenir handout to remember your tour by.

We can also offer you Wine Tours, and whether your palate is well developed or simply enthusiastic, as long as you have an interest in wine, our Wine Tours will impress.

Wine Tours: Wine museum tour, all tastings included.

Take a wine museum tour (New Zealand's only wine museum) explore the old wine vats, discover the "Cuve" room, study the wax figures and learn the exciting history surrounding the Winery. Taste top quality wines, some, available at cellar door only.

Travel through premium wine growing country, past the famous Gimblett Gravels area on to our third winery. Here you will learn about the Gimblett gravels, the soils etc and sample unique high quality wines.

We then move onto our fourth winery. This winery has won many international and local awards (like the previous wineries) for it's fine wines. Sample beautiful wines here and learn some of the secrets.

Wine / Brewery / Cidery Tour:
This Tour is set out as the Wine Tour above. We visit the first three (3) wineries, then, finish at a Boutique Brewery / Cidery, set amongst the Vines. - Museum tour, wine tasting and first round (6 drinks per couple) as part of the ticket price.

Designed to leave you with wonderful memories of your visit to Hawke's Bay New Zealand, a personalised tour with our experienced guides will be a highlight of your holiday!

Address
2 Neeve Place
Taradale
Napier
4112
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