Highlights
- Combine a wine tour and fishing charter in one day
- Visit Waiheke Island with a local guide
- Visit 3 renowned wineries for wine tasting
- Discover the best fishing spots from Waiheke Island
Description
If you’re heading to Waiheke Island and can’t decide between the fishing scene or visiting the island’s famous wineries, the Waiheke Fishing Charter and Wine Tour is the experience for you. Catch the Fullers ferry from downtown Auckland to Waiheke Island and spend the morning with Enjoi Wine Tours tasting delicious wines at 3 renowned wineries. After delighting in Waiheke Island’s incredible views and wine scene, board your afternoon fishing charter for the second half of your Waiheke Fishing Charter and Wine Tour.
To book your Waiheke Island Ferry transfers, click here: Waiheke Island Ferry from Auckland
The Waiheke Fishing Charter and Wine Tour begins at the Matiatia Wharf, where you will disembark the ferry and meet your Enjoi Wine Tours guide and luxury minibus. Taste refined Bordeaux-style red wines and elegant white wines at the best wineries on Waiheke Island with your Enjoi wine expert, all included in your tour. Bring a lunch hamper full of your favourite goodies, food, wine or beer ready to enjoy on the second half of your day on Waiheke Island. Your Enjoi Wine Tours guide will organise a 20-30 minute stop off at the village on the way to the fishing charter for the chance to grab a quick bite or extra snacks for the afternoon (own expense).
After a wonderful morning of wine tasting, your Enjoi Wine Tours guide will transport you to meet your local fishing charter skipper at Waiheke Island’s Matiatia Wharf and discover the best places to fish in the Hauraki Gulf. If you get lucky during your fishing charter, all facilities to clean, fillet and bag your catch are provided, ready for you to enjoy after your Waiheke Fishing Charter and Wine Tour comes to an end. After a full day on Waiheke Island, your fishing charter concludes back at Matiatia Wharf in time for you to catch an evening ferry back to Auckland.
Trip Includes
- All fishing equipment and bait
- 4 hour fishing charter
- Stop off in village for 20-30 minutes on the way to the fishing charter
- Fish filleted on request
- Complimentary wine tasting at 3 vineyards
- Local and knowledgeable guide
Duration
- Allow approx 10 hours (including ferry time)
Departures
- Catch the 10:00am Fullers ferry from downtown Auckland (additional cost) and meet your Enjoi Wine Tours guide at Matiatia Wharf
- Pick up at approx 10:00am from your Waiheke accommodation
- Fishing charter concludes at Matiatia Wharf between 6pm and 7pm
- Operates daily all year
Other Information
- Ferry to/from Auckland NOT included in price
- To book your Waiheke Island Ferry, please click here: Waiheke Island Ferry from Auckland
- A minimum of 4 people need to be booked for this charter to go ahead, or there is an option to be booked onto another charter at a different rate, please contact us upon booking to confirm trip
- Bring a hamper full of your favourites to enjoy for lunch while onboard the fishing charter - food, wine/beer and snacks are all encouraged
- There is time to stop off in the village to purchase extra drinks or snacks prior to meeting your afternoon fishing charter
- If you are staying on Waiheke Island, you will need to arrange transport from Matiatia Wharf back to your accommodation at the end of the tour (pick up is included in the morning by arrangement upon booking)
- Bring appropriate and warm clothing for the fishing charter, as well as sunblock, water, lunch and snacks
- Extra gear for the fishing charter can be stored in the Enjoi Wine Tours minibus throughout the morning wine tour
Normal Retail Price
All prices shown in NZD$.
