Bay Tours and Charters
Bay Tours and Charters
Bay Tours and Charters
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Top value wine tours, with many options to suit your time and budget. Free pick-up from your accommodation in Napier, Hastings and Havelock North. See and savour award-winning wineries with the experts. All tours include a specialty food tasting and a range of red and white wines at each winery. Full tour commentary included, so you will end the day more enriched about sunny Hawke's Bay than when you started. Come and join us - a great time is guaranteed!
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Khiry H
Bournemouth, UK4 contributions
Jan 2020
We had our charter bus pick us up to head into Ash Ridge Winery where we completed a cycle tour.
Murray our driver was exceptionally friendly and offered us alot of knowledge on the local area.
He was punctual and professional with a sense of humor :D
I would highly recommend using Hawkes Bay tours and charters again!
With very competitive pricing and great service you can't beat!
Murray our driver was exceptionally friendly and offered us alot of knowledge on the local area.
He was punctual and professional with a sense of humor :D
I would highly recommend using Hawkes Bay tours and charters again!
With very competitive pricing and great service you can't beat!
Written 14 January 2020
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Karen
Napier, New Zealand2 contributions
Jan 2020
This was an hours bus tour around Napier where Andy the driver pointed out interesting information on the architecture, and how it was influenced by the Napier earthquake. Also took us out of town to see some great examples of the art deco houses. We also went to the top of the city to see the view. Great value for money and Andy was a great host and very informative.
Written 5 February 2020
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Bill H
3 contributions
Jan 2020
Andy R was our hot on this wonderful tour. What a great way to get to know Hawkes bay and its wines.
Apart from winery visits we were able to drive around te area and up Te Mata Peak - another beautiful area of NZ to appreciate.
Great wines were tasted at leading wineries but the host really made the day. Thank you very much Andy.
Bill H
Apart from winery visits we were able to drive around te area and up Te Mata Peak - another beautiful area of NZ to appreciate.
Great wines were tasted at leading wineries but the host really made the day. Thank you very much Andy.
Bill H
Written 20 January 2020
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Hi BillH2947
Thank you for your great review regarding your Bay Tours wine tour with Andy R recently. He is very passionate about Hawkes Bay -the wines and Te Mata Peak.
i will pass on your kind words to Andy, thanks again for your review.
Written 22 January 2020
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David B
Shifnal, UK341 contributions
After an early breakfast we were picked up at our hotel in a mini bus ably driven by Niki who gave us loads of information and who also went out of her way to show us other places of interest en route.
Just imagine mike after mile of vineyards- this is Hawke’s Bay - just one of 4 major wine growing regions in New Zealand. Later on in the holiday we also drove through Marlborough, Waipura and Otago, and sampled wines from all of these regions during our holiday
We visited a couple of the smaller wineries first, then stopped at the imposing and impressive Mission Winery where we were served with an amazing lunch of cheeses and cold cuts - absolutely splendid
3 more wineries in the afternoon including the famous Church Road with its notable wine museum
All in all a splendid day out, although I should have paced myself better
Thanks again Niki
Just imagine mike after mile of vineyards- this is Hawke’s Bay - just one of 4 major wine growing regions in New Zealand. Later on in the holiday we also drove through Marlborough, Waipura and Otago, and sampled wines from all of these regions during our holiday
We visited a couple of the smaller wineries first, then stopped at the imposing and impressive Mission Winery where we were served with an amazing lunch of cheeses and cold cuts - absolutely splendid
3 more wineries in the afternoon including the famous Church Road with its notable wine museum
All in all a splendid day out, although I should have paced myself better
Thanks again Niki
Written 20 January 2020
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Caroline Corcoran
33 contributions
Feb 2020
This was a very pleasant afternoon, with Andy our driver. We visited 4 wineries, sampled about 25 wines, bought 14 bottles to drink during the rest of our trip. This was such a fun afternoon and we learnt a lot about wine growing and what goes into producing each bottle, from understanding the soil, to the winemaker’s techniques. Very interesting, especially learning about how a very low value area of land called the Gimblett Gravels with very rocky soil has changed in a 30 year period to be a major wine producing area
Written 6 March 2020
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Hi Caroline
Thanks for your wonderful trip advisor review. The Gimblett gravels are certainly a fine story and has changed the landscape for our Hawkes Bay wine industry. I will pass on your comments to Andy - thanks again.
Written 7 March 2020
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rmp26
Sydney, Australia194 contributions
Jan 2020
This full day tour started promptly at 9am. We visited the Te Mata Peak which was amazing. After this we travelled to a couple of vineyards before stopping for Lunch at The Mission Vineyard. Although very old and spectacular our lunch which consisted of a platter was very ordinary and certainly not enough for a lunch. More like an antipasto platter. We were told we could have two courses but this consisted of a choice of a dessert or a glass of wine which in my mind is NOT two courses if you choose the wine option. This was the low point of the tour. After this we went to another three vineyards ending up in Moana Park vineyard as our last stop. This was a great way to finish the tour with great wine and a magnificent platter to go with the wines. Our guide Nigel was both extremely knowledgable and a great guide. If they can fix up the luncheon component of this tour it would be five star.
Written 8 January 2020
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Hi rmp26
Thank you very much for your thorough review regarding your Full day wine tour with Bay Tours recently.
Glad you enjoyed most components of the tour,surprising your comments about the Mission Platters as we have, without exception had fabulous feedback in the past -will look into this as a matter of fact though.
thanks again for your review and hope to see you again sometime.
Written 10 January 2020
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H5690PGsue
2 contributions
Dec 2020
We recently chartered 2 buses for our staff Christmas function that was being held approx. 35 minutes out of town. Glen, who arranged all the boxing details for us was very easy to work with and responded to queries quickly, tolerated our changes with a smile and was overall very helpful.
Our two drivers Brian and Robbie were very accommodating and great value on the night.
Thanks for all your help, we will no doubt use you again in the future.
Our two drivers Brian and Robbie were very accommodating and great value on the night.
Thanks for all your help, we will no doubt use you again in the future.
Written 13 December 2020
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Hi H5690PGsue
Thanks for your great feedback and sorry i took so long to respond - hopeto help ypur transport needs again in the future
Written 6 April 2021
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Kevin B
Norwich, UK30 contributions
Jan 2020 • Couples
We did two separate private day tours with Bay Charters, a full day sightseeing tour of Hawkes Bay with Niki, and a full day tour of Hawkes Bay Wineries with Pete.
Both Niki and Pete were very friendly, informative and great company on the tours. Niki phoned their office to let them know exactly what we had seen with her, and the following day tour round the wineries was modified so we could see different parts of Hawkes Bay as well as the wineries. The wineries we visited were all very good, and the food platters we had for lunch etc (at three different wineries) were excellent.
We would highly recommend Bay Charters.
Both Niki and Pete were very friendly, informative and great company on the tours. Niki phoned their office to let them know exactly what we had seen with her, and the following day tour round the wineries was modified so we could see different parts of Hawkes Bay as well as the wineries. The wineries we visited were all very good, and the food platters we had for lunch etc (at three different wineries) were excellent.
We would highly recommend Bay Charters.
Written 26 January 2020
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Hi KevinB776
Thanks for your wonderful review regarding your duel Bay Tours wine tours recently.
Glad you got to visit a good proportion of our fabulous and diverse cellar doors throughout Hawkes Bay.
will pass on your comments to both Niki and Pete
Written 27 January 2020
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Ehowser
Napier, New Zealand35 contributions
Feb 2020
Our all day grand tour of Hawke’s Bay was booked by our travel agent. We didn’t realize that it was a private tour- maybe just because no one else signed up that day. Katrina picked us up at our hotel at 10:00 in a luxury vehicle and treated us like royalty. She was very willing to customize our day. We visited a honey establishment where we watched a bee keeper pulling honeycombs filled with bees and honey. She explained the process and we tasted various honeys. We drove up to Te Mata which gave us awesome views of Hawke’s Bay. Other visits were to an olive plant and chocolate shop and drive through as of neighboring towns. Our day included a sampler lunch platter at the oldest winery in Napier- Mission Estates. Katrina educated us about many aspects of life in Hawke’s Bay. Only wish the sun had not been so strong, so that we could have gotten out and walked a bit more. A great day to learn about Napier and Hawke’s Bay.
Written 13 February 2020
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Hi Ehowser
Thanks for your great in depth review of your full day wine/sightseeing tour with Bay tours recently.
We are glad you enjoyed your day with the lovely Katrina and i will pass on your comments to her.
Written 16 February 2020
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Cosmopolitan401584
1 contribution
Oct 2020 • Family
I asked Glen from Bay tours to organise a day’s activities for my 80th birthday with 24 family members. He did a superb job taking us to a winery then the Mission for lunch and a boutique brewery to Finnish off. We had an awesome time and I would highly recommend them for activities such as this. Keith Nagel. Palmerston North
Written 4 November 2020
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Hi Keith
Thank you so much for your great Trip Advisor review and it was a pleasure to be able to help out with your transport on your special day. Look forward to seeing you again sometime. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year
Written 6 December 2020
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