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Outer Pelorus Sound - Marlborough Sounds

Tui Nature Reserve is located in the Marlborough Sounds, top of the South Island in New Zealand. Our Wilderness Park is part of an isolated peninsula in the Outer Pelorus Sound.

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Driving times

Picton - Havelock via Queen Charlotte Drive: 45 minutes
Picton - Havelock via bypass: 40 minutes
Picton - Blenheim : 20 minutes
Blenheim - Havelock: 30 minutes
Christchurch - Blenheim: 4 hours

Havelock - Rai Valley : 20 minutes
Rai Valley - Elaine Bay : 55 minutes
Rai Valley - Duncan Bay: 40 minutes

Rai Valley - Nelson : 45 minutes

The only way to get to Tui Nature Reserve is by boat or floatplane.
The wharf is located in Waitata Bay.
We can pick you up with the ‘Tui Experience’ boat cruise from Elaine Bay (Duncan Bay and Penzance are optional). Or alternatively you can arrive with the mail-boat or water taxi from Havelock.
Read more about how to get here.