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Top Places: Picton, Marlborough Sounds, Queen Charlotte walk, Mt Richmond Forest Park, Marlborough wine trail, Blenheim.
Marlborough
is situated on the top of the South Island and is one of the sunniest regions
in New Zealand. This region is also the premium wine area for the country
and some world famous brands such as Montana and Corbans have their vineyards
here.
Blenheim is the biggest
town in the region and is ideally located as a base for those interested in
doing one of the many wine tasting tours that are available. Picton and Havelock
are the next 2 biggest towns. Picton is the arrival and departure point for
the Interisland Ferry.
The
Marlborough Sounds situated on the northern coast, are a complex area of waterways.
Some of the Sounds are over 60 km long in length. Sounds are similar to fiords
in appearance, but fiords are the result of the sea flooding glaciated valleys
whereas Sounds are just flooded valleys, so the valleys are not as steep.
The
Interisland ferries pass though Queen Charlotte Sound and if you look close
enough you will notice some homes or lodges located in some of the bays. Some
of these homes are only accessible by boat which seems to make this area more
appealing. It is
worth doing a side trip in this area, as the ferry service only shows a portion
of these complex waterways.
The Queen Charlotte Track
is one notable walk in this region. It is 67km in length and starts from Ship
Cove to Anakiwa. The walk shows off some spectacular coastal and bush scenery.
Visitors can walk the entire track which takes three or four days, or simply
walk a portion of this track.
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