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Gift Picton: Natures Best Walk - Ship Cove to Furneaux Lodge

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Embark on a magical adventure into the great outdoors with this scenic walk and cruise set in the beautiful Queen Charlotte Sounds.

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4.9

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Helga Wandel from Germany wrote on 26 December 2022

Not just water taxi

The water taxi service for the Queen Charlotte track Ship Cove to Furneaux Lodge is a mini cruise itself with great views of the Marlborough Sounds. The schedule for return water taxi is tough though. We took the water taxi at 9am, we reached Ship Cove at 10:15 and started our hike on the Queen Charlotte track at 10:35. The distance is 17 km, and we really needed to hurry. With just a short lunch break of 30 minutes we reached Furneaux Lodge at 3:35, 25 minutes prior to the departure of the water taxi back to Picton. Would prefer if there were a water taxi at 4:30 or 5 pm.

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Henkie halve liter from Netherlands wrote on 24 November 2023

“Warm welcome with refreshments”

Read that as; there are things to buy. Overall nothing to add, it’s a watertaxi mkay?

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hoimoel from New Caledonia wrote on 21 November 2023

Fantastic experience

We had a very good knowledgeable skipper and tour guide (name started with a S, cannot remember Steven or Stuart). Saw dolphins on the way and various birds. The track is a very pleasant walk. All the staff of the cruise company were very nice.

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Fran B from Canada wrote on 18 November 2023

Amazing boat ride but no coffee as advertised

Amazing captain and crew in the office. We saw dolphins and stopped so that everyone could see them! Amazing experience all around! No coffee as advertised but that was probably for the best given the upcoming hike! Good to arrive early to suss this out in case you’re a coffee addict like me!

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jesse23 from Australia wrote on 08 November 2023

Great Service

When we read the reviews we were a tad worried by other people’s comments that the walk took too long. This was not the case however it’s a great walk and easy doable even if you are almost 64. However I did feel sorry for other hikers who arrived by a different company later than scheduled and leaving an hour earlier than our boat. It meant they almost ran the first have of the track until they got past all the summits ( low ones) this meant that they were stressed and did not get to enjoy the beautiful part of the track that is virgin forest. Beachcombers were awesome to travel with

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