Private Essence of Waiheke Wine Tour

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
5 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
2 - 15 guests
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English
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Explore Waiheke's rich vineyards with a knowledgeable guide. Savor local wines, enjoy scenic drives, and taste whisky, beer, or olive oil. Relish a gourmet lunch included.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Escape for the day to Waiheke, New Zealand’s "Island of Wine". Enjoy a relaxing and informative day on Waiheke in the safe hands of a knowledgeable guide. 


You will visit three of Waiheke’s top vineyards and sample a range of their wines. Along the way, enjoy a scenic drive with live commentary to learn about the island’s history, geography, people and culture. If you prefer you can swap a wine tasting for a whisky, beer gin or olive oil tasting.


After your tasting experiences, sit back, relax and enjoy lunch at a local restaurant before heading back to the ferry or your accommodation. Lunch is included.

What You Get

Local guide
Premium Wine tastings at up to three vineyards
Pickup and drop-off from Waiheke accommodation
Ferry ticket fares

Good To Know

  • Ferry tickets can be purchases at the Fullers Ferry Terminal at 99 Quay St
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Minimum age is 18 years for wine tasting and wine during lunch
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required

What You’ll Experience

Ananda Tours (Pass By)

Escape for the day to Waiheke, New Zealand’s "Island of Wine". Enjoy a relaxing and informative day on Waiheke in the safe hands of a knowledgable guide. 

Hauraki Gulf (Pass By)

Visit three of Waiheke’s top vineyards and sample a range of their wines on this private guided tour. Learn about the island’s history and culture.
1

Stonyridge Vineyard

Wine tasting at one of the founding vineyards on the Island
45 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
2

Te Motu Vineyard

Enjoy a wine tasting. Te Motu – meaning ‘The Island’, was one of the pioneers of Waiheke wine growing, with the Dunleavy family planting their first vines in 1989 to produce the first ‘Te Motu’ blend in 1993.
40 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
3

Mudbrick Vineyard

Two two-course lunch and a glass of wine included in your tour. Subject to availability.
1 hour 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

Meeting & Pickup

Pickup Point

Matiatia Wharf Waiheke Island

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Pickup Details
Please catch the 10am Fullers ferry from Downtown Auckland ( ferry ticket price not included in tour price). Our guide will meet you off this ferry when you arrive on Waiheke Island with a signboard. If you are staying on Waiheke Island we can pick you up from your Island accommodation. Please contact us to make arrangements for this service.
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Meeting Point

Matiatia Wharf, Ocean View Road, Auckland, New Zealand, NZ, 1081

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We will meet you as you disembark the 10am ferry from Auckland with a signboard.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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Terrific Wine Tasting with lunch.
April 04, 2025
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We had a wonderful day despite a very wet and windy day. Nick our local guide was a catamaran sailor, and recent graduate of the Master of Wine Science at the University. He was charming and filled...read more

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Warm congenial tour operator
February 04, 2025
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Lovely tour! Jenny, the owner, went out of her way to personalize our tour. Due to some unfortunate circumstances we were late for our tour. Jenny made sure that we enjoyed as full a tour as poss...read more

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Excellent day trip
January 21, 2025
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Our trip was amazing. Debbie was knowledgeable about the island, the history of winemaking and living on the island. Her relationships with each winery optimized our experience with efficiency wit...read more

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Fun afternoon
January 01, 2025
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Michael, our driver from Ananda Tours, was fun, entertaining and informative. He picked us up at the ferry and drove us to tastings at four wineries. We especially Liked Mudbric.

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No whining about this wonderful private wine tour. Too good to be true.
October 19, 2024
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Debbie Harris made sure our tour was wonderful in every way possible. She was highly informative, friendly, and well versed in the local lore of the boutique wineries we visited. She also was knowl...read more

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