Waitakere Rainforest Piha Beach Soljans Estate and Kumeu River Winery Wine Tour from Auckland
by NZWINEPRO Auckland Wine Tours
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✓Confirmation before Wed, 9 Sept - card's only charged if it's a yes. If it's a no, still time to book on Viator.
Book on Viator Confirmed right away, but you pay full price.NZ$590Overview
This full-day wine tour lasts about seven hours and includes transport with air conditioning and a guide. Selected hotels in Auckland offer pickup and drop-off. The tour begins with a drive through Henderson Valley to the Aratkai Visitors Centre, where guests can see elevated views of the Waitakere Ranges, a protected regional reserve once used for timber extraction during Auckland’s early colonial period. Next, the tour visits Piha, a black sand surf beach settlement on the West Coast about 50 km from Auckland. Visitors have around 45 minutes to walk on both North and South Piha beaches, stroll approximately 25 minutes through the nearby rainforest, and take photos of Lion Rock. Piha has no public transport and is known for its surfing, hiking, and natural scenery. After Piha, the tour continues with a 50-minute drive through rainforest to Soljans Estate Winery. Here, guests can taste wines produced by a fifth-generation Croatian winemaking family from Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, and Marlborough vineyards. The visit includes an open-menu one-course lunch at Soljans’ vineyard restaurant, featuring local fish, steak, lamb, chicken, vegetarian, and other dishes. The afternoon stop is Kumeu River Wines, known for estate-grown Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, and Methode Traditionelle. Guests take a tutored tasting of five wines in the cellar door, followed by a detailed behind-the-scenes tour showing the winemaking process from grape pressing to barrel aging and bottling. This includes viewing the barrel room and tank farm. The tour does not include infant seats for children under seven and lunch is excluded.
Highlights
What's included
What's not included
Itinerary
Piha Beach
Piha is a surf beach settlement about 50 km west of Auckland with roughly one thousand residents. It is isolated with no public transport and popular for surfing, hiking, and nature activities. Visitors can swim, surf, hike, camp, or relax on the black sand beaches while enjoying the surrounding forest and scenery.
45 min
Soljans Estate Winery
Soljans Estate is run by a fifth-generation Croatian winemaking family. The vineyard produces wines from grapes grown locally in Auckland and also from Hawke’s Bay and Marlborough. The winery features a bistro with an open-menu one-course lunch offering local fish, steak, lamb, chicken, vegetarian, and other dishes.
60 min
Kumeu River Wines
Operating since 1944, Kumeu River Wines produces estate Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, and Methode Traditionelle from vineyards in Kumeu and Huapai. The winery offers a tutored tasting of five wines in the cellar door and a behind-the-scenes tour of the winemaking process, including the barrel room, pressing, tank farm, and bottling line. Michael Brajkovich MW, New Zealand’s first Master of Wine, is the winemaker.
60 min
Meeting point
If your hotel or accommodation is not one we collect from the standard meeting point is Sky City Hotel and Casino. This is located in the drive-through that runs between Federal Street and Victoria Street West ( 10 meters opposite the base of the sky tower)
End point
If your hotel or accommodation is not one we collect from the standard meeting point is Sky City Hotel and Casino. This is located in the drive-through that runs between Federal Street and Victoria Street West ( 10 meters opposite the base of the sky tower)
Languages
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.
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Waitakere Rainforest Piha Beach Soljans Estate and Kumeu River Winery Wine Tour from Auckland
by NZWINEPRO Auckland Wine Tours
Choose from 1 available option
How do you want to book?
✓Confirmation before Wed, 9 Sept - card's only charged if it's a yes. If it's a no, still time to book on Viator.
Book on Viator Confirmed right away, but you pay full price.NZ$590Overview
This full-day wine tour lasts about seven hours and includes transport with air conditioning and a guide. Selected hotels in Auckland offer pickup and drop-off. The tour begins with a drive through Henderson Valley to the Aratkai Visitors Centre, where guests can see elevated views of the Waitakere Ranges, a protected regional reserve once used for timber extraction during Auckland’s early colonial period. Next, the tour visits Piha, a black sand surf beach settlement on the West Coast about 50 km from Auckland. Visitors have around 45 minutes to walk on both North and South Piha beaches, stroll approximately 25 minutes through the nearby rainforest, and take photos of Lion Rock. Piha has no public transport and is known for its surfing, hiking, and natural scenery. After Piha, the tour continues with a 50-minute drive through rainforest to Soljans Estate Winery. Here, guests can taste wines produced by a fifth-generation Croatian winemaking family from Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, and Marlborough vineyards. The visit includes an open-menu one-course lunch at Soljans’ vineyard restaurant, featuring local fish, steak, lamb, chicken, vegetarian, and other dishes. The afternoon stop is Kumeu River Wines, known for estate-grown Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, and Methode Traditionelle. Guests take a tutored tasting of five wines in the cellar door, followed by a detailed behind-the-scenes tour showing the winemaking process from grape pressing to barrel aging and bottling. This includes viewing the barrel room and tank farm. The tour does not include infant seats for children under seven and lunch is excluded.
Highlights
What's included
What's not included
Itinerary
Piha Beach
Piha is a surf beach settlement about 50 km west of Auckland with roughly one thousand residents. It is isolated with no public transport and popular for surfing, hiking, and nature activities. Visitors can swim, surf, hike, camp, or relax on the black sand beaches while enjoying the surrounding forest and scenery.
45 min
Soljans Estate Winery
Soljans Estate is run by a fifth-generation Croatian winemaking family. The vineyard produces wines from grapes grown locally in Auckland and also from Hawke’s Bay and Marlborough. The winery features a bistro with an open-menu one-course lunch offering local fish, steak, lamb, chicken, vegetarian, and other dishes.
60 min
Kumeu River Wines
Operating since 1944, Kumeu River Wines produces estate Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, and Methode Traditionelle from vineyards in Kumeu and Huapai. The winery offers a tutored tasting of five wines in the cellar door and a behind-the-scenes tour of the winemaking process, including the barrel room, pressing, tank farm, and bottling line. Michael Brajkovich MW, New Zealand’s first Master of Wine, is the winemaker.
60 min
Meeting point
If your hotel or accommodation is not one we collect from the standard meeting point is Sky City Hotel and Casino. This is located in the drive-through that runs between Federal Street and Victoria Street West ( 10 meters opposite the base of the sky tower)
End point
If your hotel or accommodation is not one we collect from the standard meeting point is Sky City Hotel and Casino. This is located in the drive-through that runs between Federal Street and Victoria Street West ( 10 meters opposite the base of the sky tower)
Languages
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.