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Marlborough · New Zealand
In the destination Marlborough.
In the photo: Picton Port
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Picton is the port where ferries from Wellington arrive, at the head of Queen Charlotte Sound. The town is small and can be explored on foot: the waterfront with the hull of the Edwin Fox, the harbor for boats to the Sounds, and the start of the trails on the surrounding hills. Boat tours and transport for the Queen Charlotte Track depart from here.
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The local experience
Arm of sea of the Marlborough Sounds that links Picton to Cook Strait, through which ferries from Wellington pass. Bays covered in forest, islands and Meretoto (Ship Cove), the cove where James Cook anchored on his three voyages.
A 71 km track along the ridges between Queen Charlotte Sound and Kenepuru Sound, from Meretoto (Ship Cove) to Anakiwa. Walked in three to five days or ridden by bike, with boats that carry packs and pick up walkers at several bays.
Wooden ship built in 1853 in Calcutta, preserved in a dry dock on Picton’s waterfront. It is the only surviving ship that transported convicts to Australia and one of the oldest surviving commercial sailing ships in the world.
