CELEBRATIONS FOR FRIENDS & FAMILY

Let us supply transport and arrange venues for your family celebration your Hens’ Party your business Social Club outing.

It’s always enjoyable to celebrate together as a group in a relaxed & convivial atmosphere. We can ensure that your outing is tailored to your specific requirements relating to venue time constraints and budget.

Transport is door-to-door.

All of our current tours will be able to return home within 24 hours if there is a Lockdown.

Sunday Lunch

Come on our circuit of monthly Sunday Lunches to a range of venues or book a date that you require for a special occasion.

SUNDAY 6 SEPT- SUNDAY LUNCH, PUNNET, THE PROVIDORE & INSPIRIT GALLERY

Punnet specialises in rustic fine dining, and loves creating special experiences for you to enjoy with your loved ones, friends and acquaintances. We really enjoyed our previous visit visit. This week, they posted:

"Winter has officially arrived and so has our new seasonal menu.
From our warming smoky baked beans to slow-cooked beef cheek pappardelle and smoked salmon crepes, there's plenty of new dishes to work your way through.

Plus, don't miss our addictive new sweet + spicy togarashi hand-cut fries."

You will have time to visit The Providore, next door, before we move on to In Spirit Gallery.

Details at: https://app.smore.com/n/5wse4-punnet-eatery-inspirit-gallery

OCTOBER 18 - STRATOSFARE, ROTORUA, SUNDAY LUNCH

Ride up on the gondola & experience great food, service & views.
As you dine, the floor to ceiling windows [ will help you to enjoy] the panoramic views of Lake Rotorua and Mokoia Island. The contemporary ambience features luxurious Italian marble, granite, schist, timber and David Trubridge lights...
Featuring a stunning array of freshly prepared buffet and cooked-to-order dishes highlighting locally sourced seafood, meat and produce, Stratosfare will take you on a gastronomic journey.
From the tidal mussel tank, ensuring the freshest mussels you can find, to the flame rotisserie, Art of the Grill chef station, seasonal salads and delicate cooked-to-order crepes, this restaurant is a unique and decadent Rotorua dining experience that you'll want to return to again & again.

( excerpt from Stratosfare website)

Details at: https://app.smore.com/n/xh2c7-sunday-lunch-in-the-clouds

Upcoming General Tours:

Mid-Week Tours & Garden-Related Tours

We travel monthly to areas our clients have requested or that we have chosen

30 SEPT, THE MEDIEVAL GARDEN, HAMILTON GARDEN

The long-awaited new garden is open at last!
From the fall of the Roman empire through to the 16th century, a distinctive form of medieval garden was the monastic, cloistered courtyard.
At the latest offering at the Hamilton Gardens, you will step back in time to Europe in the Middle Age to a monastery and its two most important gardens, a Cloister Garth Garden and an Apothecary Garden, one a type of courtyard for prayer and meditation, the other for growing medicinal herbs and healing plants which supported the healing of the sick in a monastic hospital.

You can take your lunch with you or buy it at the venue's eatery.

COST $100.00 - Door-to-door transport (from Tauranga, Mt Maunganui, early Papamoa); Hamilton Gardens entry fee. DETAILS AT: https://app.smore.com/n/mcw13-medieval-garden-hamilton-gardens

28 OCTOBER -RAPAURA WATER GARDENS, TAPU, THAMES COAST

"Rapaura is an example of man in harmony with nature. Abundant native bush and ferns, birds (Tuis, Fantails, Silver Eyes and Wood Pigeons), meandering walks over bridges and streams and a bush walk to a cascading waterfall. There are seasonal displays of native and exotic flowers. Irises and Bog plants in spring, Azaleas and Rhododendrons followed by Orchids, Begonias, Hydrangeas and Water Lilies from November to April. All interspersed with garden art."

We''ll give you morning tea , en route, & stop at Matatoki Cheese Barn on our way home so that you can replenish your cheese stocks.

COST: $135.00pp. Includes transport, morning tea (coffee/tea/biscuits), garden entry & lunch.

DETAILS AT: RAPAURA WATERGARDENS, THAMES COAST | Smore Newsletters for Business

DECEMBER 10 - A DOOZY OF A DAY

Our previous doozy of a day was such a success, that clients asked if we could repeat it before the festive season, so that they could buy Christmas presents.

Return with us to some really special venues: The Mandarin Tree Gallery (Gordonton) Peplers, Pat's Shed & Chocolate Works.

COST: $90.00pp.;Morning tea/lunch charges at additional cost.

Details at:

https://app.smore.com/n/1rj3e-a-doozy-of-a-day

NOV 12 - MATAMATA FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS

" Floral artists will come together to craft stunning visual displays that showcase the beauty of flowers with their unique flair, creating a magnificent show that will captivate audiences of all ages."

This exhibition is in the Matamata & Piako Civic & Memorial Centre, amidst the Matamata CBD, so you can also lunch & shop in town if you wish.

COST: $85: Transport & entry.

OCTOBER 8 - KATIKATI DAY TOUR

This tour will take you for a tour & tasting, at an avocado orchard, let's you choose to have a coffee, luch or retail therapy inKatikati, takes you to BeeNZ, a honey producer, to stock up on honey & honey products &, en route for home, visite the Clarke Rd. shops where you an see classy furniture, the amazing range of products at Websters Tea & perhaps by a sweet treat from Clar4ke Rd Kitchen for tahe night's dessert.,

Cost; $80.00pp. Includes transport, avocado tour & tasting.

Details at https://app.smore.com/n/9sary7-katikati-day-tour

Hen's Parties

If you’re thinking of having a Hens’Party, prior to your wedding contact us to plan a day of fun!

Winery Tours Tailored to Your Requests

Travel to the Hawke's Bay for a weekend of wine appreciation. Taste the delights of Kumeu or Matakana. You choose the destination we’ll suggest the venues for your consideration to ensure you have a great time!

GIFT VOUCHERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF OUR TOURS

Give a gift voucher for a birthday or anniversary, a “thank you’ to that special person.

MATAHUI DISTILLERY - MAKE YOUR OWN GIN!

Have an exciting & enjoyable afternoon learning about the art of distilling by creating your very own gin!

This will take approximately 3hours, and includes drinks, snacks and tastings, plus your own unique gin that you create!

You'll have a selection of ingredients (botanicals) to choose from, a miniature still and expert help on hand to make your own gin.

You will blend, bottle and label your gin ready for you to take away with you at the end of the session.

It's fun, informative - and you take your creation home with you!

$195 per person per still or $245 for two people sharing a still.

Door-to door transport $65.00pp. (Minimum of 6 people, maximum of 10)

MATAHUI DISTILLERY GUIDED TOUR

You may not be a gin aficionado, but learning about the intricacies of gin-making is extremely interesting. Choosing from the multiplicity of "ingredients" to effect the optimum taste is a real skill.

Come with us to meet the distillers, explore the garden and distillery, learn how they make their exceptional gin and what makes them different.
"During your tour you'll visit our working distillery and productive garden, and finish with a curated tasting in our Cellar Door. You'll learn how gin is made, our "garden to glass" philosophy, and experience the many different ingredients we use." (matahuidistillery.com)
We will then return you to your pick-up point.

COST (Miimum 10 pax): $110.00 per person - transport, tour, tasting