Shore Excursion: Local Tasting Tour from Tauranga

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US$188.97 per guest

Adult x2

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

Summary

Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

Where to Meet

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Location

Tauranga

Duration

5 hours

Number of Guests

2 - 14 guests

Language

English

Other

Vegetarian, Wheelchair Accessible

Digital Ticket

Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Explore Tauranga's flavors on this local tasting tour. Visit a brewery, enjoy stunning Roturua views, ride a gondola to a cellar door, and savor cocktails with dessert in six hours. Flexible timing.

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

Experience Details

A day of Epicurean delights, visiting a boutique brewery, travelling through scenic countryside to Rotorua, then up on the gondola to a cellar door with spectacular views and great wine! The tour finishes with a cocktail (or coffee) and dessert at our last venue, overlooking our beautiful harbour. Clients enjoy the diversity of venues and the variety of tastings. A chance to treat your palate!

This approximately 6-hour small group tour has a range of great sights to see on the way and the starting time can be adjusted to accommodate variations in ship arrival time.

What You Get

Wine, Beer or cider or gin tastings

Lunch

A sumptuous anti pasto platter will accompany your wine tasting

Driver/guide

Additional food and drinks not specified

Good To Know

Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Minimum age is 18 years
Wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

Port of Tauranga Ltd

Our accredited agent driver/guide will meet you at the port gate & escort you to the vehicle in which you will be travelling. The driver/guide will have your name on a placard.

15 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

The Rising Tide

The Local Tasting Tour commences by visiting a boutique craft brewery, where the process of producing the natural beer, with no preservatives or additives, is explained & a range of beer is sampled.

1 hourAdmission Ticket Included

New Zealand State Highway 36

We travel South to Rotorua. This Sate Highway follows the route which was originally a walking track for Maori between Tauranga & Rotorua.

1 hourAdmission Ticket Free

Volcanic Hills Winery

On arrival in Rotorua, we visit Volcanic Hills Winery, to have platters & a wine presentation & tasting. The Tasting Room at this venue sits at the top of the gondola at Skyline, Rotorua. During your visit you will be able to soak up the magnificent view overlooking Rotorua town & lake, while relaxing with a glass of wine & sumptuous platters. This will be an opportunity to sample excellent NZ wine, and to ask questions about NZ wine-styles & terroir.

1 hour 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

State Highway 33

We return to Mount Maunganui via a different route, so that clients get a scenic overview of the area. If time permits, a brief stop will be made at a kiwifruit orchard to explain the industry from planting to export.

1 hourAdmission Ticket Free

Salinity Restaurant & Bar

The tour returns to Tauranga for dessert & a cocktail (or a coffee if you prefer) at one of Tauranga's most popular restaurants, Salinity Restaurant & Bar, overlooking our beautiful harbour & marina.

45 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

Mt Maunganui Main Beach

We then return you to ship-side via what we claim is the best beach in the Southern Hemisphere.

15 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

Start Time

Start Time / Opening Hours

31/03/2021 - 16/09/2027

TUESDAY

SUNDAY

00:30 - 23:30

Meeting & Pickup

Pickup Point

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Pickup Details

We pick up from the Port of Tauranga, the Tauranga airport & local accommodation. At the Port of Tauranga we will meet you at the port gate; your name will be held up on a placard. This tour does not operate on Monday.

Cancellation Policy
For experiences with opening hours, the cancellation deadline is 24 hours before the earliest opening time on the scheduled date.
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Reviews

4.8

based on 81 reviews

(Viator)

This was the best wine ...

March 03, 2026

This was the best wine and tasting tour in all of New Zealand! Paul was a fantastic host. There was just the four of us, my husband, myself and a friend whom we met on this cruise. Paul drove us ...read more

(TripAdvisor)

Enjoyed the tour

February 05, 2026

Lovely tour. Started at Brewery with some nice local craft beers including a pale ale, IPA, and stout. Some had premixed drinks like a berry gin and tonic. A cider was also available. We then we...read more

(Viator)

A lot to see in Tauranga

February 04, 2026

A good overview of the area of Tauranga. Loved kiwi seeing. Wine tasting and waterfalls! Great tour guide

(TripAdvisor)

Great Local Tour with Tauranga Tasting Tours & Charters

December 15, 2025

Paul, from Tauranga Tasting Tours & Charters, was our driver and guide. Our ship was a little late arriving so we communicated using the Viator app to provide our status. Paul was very accommodatin...read more

(Viator)

Great Tour with Tauranga Tasting Tours & Charters

December 15, 2025

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Shore Excursion: Local Tasting Tour from Tauranga

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Experience Details

What You Get

Good To Know

What You’ll Experience

Port of Tauranga Ltd

The Rising Tide

New Zealand State Highway 36

Volcanic Hills Winery

State Highway 33

Salinity Restaurant & Bar

Mt Maunganui Main Beach

Start Time

Meeting & Pickup

Cancellation PolicyFor experiences with opening hours, the cancellation deadline is 24 hours before the earliest opening time on the scheduled date.Read more

Cancellation Policy
For experiences with opening hours, the cancellation deadline is 24 hours before the earliest opening time on the scheduled date.
Read more