Picton Harbour — Local services in South Island

Expect gorgeous views on a fine day from one of NZ's most beautiful and sheltered harbours. Check it out from the Picton Harbour Lookout for an unbeatable, sightseeing vantage-point and as a backdrop for your selfies and picture-perfect photoshoots.

As the first port of call on South Island and an important transport hub connecting the South Island road and rail services to the Bluebridge and Interisland ferries for passage through Cook Strait to Wellington, Picton is the second-largest city, after Blenheim, in the Marlborough District. It is located at the head of the Queen Charlotte Sounds just 25 km north of Blenheim. Picton Harbour is the inlet in which Picton city, with a popularion of about five thousand, is nestled and the base for much of the water and boating activities found in the Sounds.

There is currently a documentary "NZ from the Air" that gives a great land, sea and aerial overview of Picton, the ferries, the Sounds, Cook Strait (with its 3 micro-climates), Wellington Harbour and Wellington (as part of its total coverage) that might be worth your while to view re the history and role of the Picton-Wellington route (ie. the marine extension of...

All beautiful,really nice,but Marlborough its the perfect place to stay, impossible for me,the utopia exist!.I've been here in differents years-2002-05-07-,not vintage yet,but time goes by.I share some pictures of Picton Harbour, Marlborough and Cook Strait.I've got more of NZ in Google Maps,now,Abel Tasman National Park and Chatham Islands.-And Niue also,2018 November-.Not cellphone, are photos on...

Waitohi/Picton is the focal point for the Queen Charlotte Sound. It is a transport hub, connecting both North and South Island road and rail networks with ferries across Te Moana-o-Raukawa/the Cook Strait to the North Island. The harbour is generally sheltered in most wind conditions, however, strong north-easterly and southerly winds can funnel into the Harbour and create considerable chop...