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    Ananda Tours

    431 Reviews
    #2 of 25 Food & Drink in Waiheke Island
    Wine Tours & Tastings , Nature & Wildlife Tours, Food & Drink, Tours, Outdoor Activities, More
    Auckland, Waiheke Island 1081, New Zealand
    +64 9-372 7530
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    US$138.92*
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    Full-Day Waiheke Island Food and Wine Tour
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    Ananda Tours is a specialist Waiheke Island Tour Company with over 15 years experience in customised, unique tour experiences. We offer personalised, flexible itineraries designed to showcase the best of the Island’s natural beauty, vineyards and art culture. Discover Waiheke Island’s award-winning boutique wineries and locally produced gourmet delights, while enjoying an informed commentary by one of our professional, local guides. Small groups and personalised service ensure you get the most out of your Waiheke experience.Half and full day tours available.

    About Ananda Tours

    Ananda Tours is a specialist Waiheke Island Tour Company with over 15 years experience in customised, unique tour experiences. We offer personalised, flexible itineraries designed to showcase the best of the Island’s natural beauty, vineyards and art culture. Discover Waiheke Island’s award-winning boutique wineries and locally produced gourmet delights, while enjoying an informed commentary by one of our professional, local guides. Small groups and personalised service ensure you get the most out of your Waiheke experience.Half and full day tours available.
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    Auckland, Waiheke Island 1081, New Zealand
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    Reviewed 6 days ago
    Waiheke Wine Tour

    Fantastic afternoon, the tour was great and all organised so we could just relax and be shuttled around by Peter who was the perfect tour guide.More

    Thank Nikki K
    anandajenny, Owner at Ananda Tours, responded to this reviewResponded 3 days ago

    Thank you for your fantastic review, Nikki! We have some great images from your tour with Peter too, so be sure to check out our Facebook or Instagram pages. We're so pleased to hear you found it relaxing and had a good day with Peter,...More

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    Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile
    Gourmet Food and Wine

    Wonderful tour led by Steve. Informative and friendly. Visited Peacock Sky, Kennedy Point and Stoneyridge Vineyards as well as Rangihoua Estate olive oil producers. Fantastic way to see some boutique wineries and try some delicious wines, cheese and nibbles!

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    anandajenny, Owner at Ananda Tours, responded to this reviewResponded 3 days ago

    Thank you for sharing your review with us. We will let Steve know your lovely feedback. Thank you also for choosing to explore Waiheke Island with us! All the best, Jenny and the Ananda Team

    Reviewed 2 weeks ago
    Great food and Wine tour

    Lovely day even though the weather was not great at times. Nicki was so friendly and helpful and gave us a feel for being a local. The places we visited were all different and so made the day more enjoyable. Highly recommend this as a...More

    Thank Helen K
    anandajenny, Owner at Ananda Tours, responded to this reviewResponded 1 week ago

    Thank you, Helen, for your lovely review and for joining us this week! We're so pleased to hear you enjoyed the tour and Nicki's guiding. We will be sure to let her know too. We hope you make it back to Waiheke again sometime. All...More

    Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile
    Fantastic food and wine tour

    We did the full day gourmet food and wine tour and it was fantastic. Our guide Simon was great, really knew the island well and was lots of fun to chat to throughout the day. The paired food and wine tastings we did were incredible,...More

    Thank alysara
    anandajenny, Owner at Ananda Tours, responded to this reviewResponded 3 weeks ago

    Fantastic! Thank you Alysara for sharing your lovely feedback with us we are so pleased to hear you enjoyed your day with us and we will be sure to let Simon know your feedback too. Thanks again and we hope to see you again sometime...More

    Reviewed 3 weeks ago
    Wonderful day

    Spent the day visiting the island and enjoy tasting local olive oil, wine and oysters. Guide David was great knew the island well, as had live there a number of year. Tour was not just about the food.

    Thank leannefen9
    anandajenny, Owner at Ananda Tours, responded to this reviewResponded 3 weeks ago

    Thanks for taking your time to review us, Leanne. We're glad you enjoyed your tour with David and we will let him know too. Enjoy the rest of your travels. Kind regards, Jenny and the Ananda Team

    Reviewed 14 August 2017 via mobile
    Great service!

    We were lucky enough to have a personal tour which was amazing. Nicki was lovely and showed us the beauty of the island. The wineries were amazing and I would highly recommend their tours.More

    Thank Nayzy015
    anandajenny, Owner at Ananda Tours, responded to this reviewResponded 3 weeks ago

    Thanks for joining us on a private tour and for sharing this lovely feedback! We will be sure to let Niki know that you enjoyed your time with her. We hope you can come back and visit Waiheke again some day! Thanks again and all...More

    Reviewed 14 August 2017 via mobile
    Great tour w Simon!

    Simon was super friendly & very knowledgeable about both the island and the history of the wine industry on the island. We had a great day visiting Man o War, Stonyridge, Te Motu & lunch at Mudbrick! He gave us a bunch of good tips...More

    Thank McKenzie F
    anandajenny, Owner at Ananda Tours, responded to this reviewResponded 3 weeks ago

    Wow what an amazing day you had McKenzie! Thanks so much for taking the time to share your review with us. We're so happy to hear that Simon was able to squeeze in a visit to beautiful Te Motu as well. We will be sure...More

    Reviewed 9 August 2017
    SImply the Best

    My partner and I went on this tour as part of her birthday celebrations as we both love good food and wine. Nicky was an amazing tour guide, heaps of knowledge of the island and lots of fun. We went to some awesome vineyards and...More

    Thank ogsurfindry
    anandajenny, Owner at Ananda Tours, responded to this reviewResponded 3 weeks ago

    Thank you for this awesome review! We're really pleased you and your partner chose us to celebrate her birthday and that you had an amazing day with Niki. We will be sure show Niki this lovely review too. Thank you for joining us and we...More

    Reviewed 7 August 2017
    You must do this!

    Nicky was such a great tour guide & took us to some amazing wineries & an Olive grower. As it was just Hubby & myself we had a lovely time with Nicky who was not only a lovely lady but was very proud of Waiheke...More

    Thank Kim J
    anandajenny, Owner at Ananda Tours, responded to this reviewResponded 3 weeks ago

    Hi Kim J, this is such a fabulous review thank you for sharing with us! Sounds like you had an amazing tour and it's nice to have a small group or even just yourselves. Niki is certainly an asset to our company and all our...More

    Reviewed 7 July 2017
    Gourmet Food and Wine Tour is awesome!

    My husband and I were in Auckland for work and quickly found that it's just another city and there's not much to do/see there. We booked the Gourmet Food and Wine Tour on Waiheke Island with Ananda Tours and had a great time. It was...More

    Thank Erin M
    anandajenny, Owner at Ananda Tours, responded to this reviewResponded 3 weeks ago

    Thanks for taking the time to share your review with us Erin! That's great news that you found us and we're able to visit Waiheke on your down time and enjoy our amazing food and wine scene here. We hope you get sent to Auckland...More

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    Jillian M
    I belong to a Probus wine tasting group. We have been tasting wine in our homes and around NZ.....Central Otago, Marlborough, North Canterbury, Hawjes Bay, Gisborne, Northland And Waiheke. Our away trips have usually been for five days or a week. Our last trip to Waiheke, which I organised, took about three days. We stayed at in apartments in Onetangi. Ok, but not great. We visited and had tastings, under our own steam in a seld driven van, Kennedy Pt (+ platters), Miro....(+great lunch there) Cable Bay, Mud brick, Te Whau + we did the amazing piano museum and other things. We are a bit older now, ranging from 67 to 85, but none of us is incapacitated. There might be 10-12 of us, more likely 8-10 of us. I wonder what your quote would be for putting together a one day bus wine tasting plus lunch trip, or possibly a half day, with another day, plus o/n accommodation, plus delivery to the ferry and picking up? Re food..... We have been to so many vineyards that I don't think we need to do tours and talks about the making of the wine. We would want to visit wineries we have not been to before together...Goldie, plus further down the island, such as Man O War, one of our group has a grandchild who works there, Poderi Crisci...hopefully for lunch, Peacock Sky, maybe, possibly Batch and Frenchman's Hill. I would appreciate your thoughts and comments and quotes. Yours faithfully Jill Macdonald
    6 April 2015|
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    Response from Jillian M |
    Sorry. Re food....Poderi Crisci Sunday lunch sounds good, possibly Peacock Sky, Passage Rock pizzas, Mudbrick platters. Yours Jill Macdonald
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