Signature Experiences · Bespoke tours
The Matakana Coast, privately and personally guided. Terra & Tide is our exclusive touring partner: an award-winning, regenerative tourism operator offering customisable experiences that showcase the region's spectacular nature and walking, Māori culture and history, art, food and wine.
Every tour is private and tailored around your interests, with an expert local guide who collects you at the door, handles the driving and timing, and returns you to the estate at the end of the day. Matakana tours suit parties of two to twelve. Ask us when booking or during your stay, and we will arrange your Terra & Tide experience directly.
Private Matakana tours
Dive into a region of mouthwatering cuisine, spectacular walking and world-class art.
Whether you're marvelling at world-class sculptures while enjoying a winery lunch at Brick Bay Sculpture Park or exploring the breathtaking trails of Tāwharanui Regional Park and the Mangawhai Coastal Walkway, you're sure to be enchanted by the Matakana Coast.
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A day of private, personalised touring on the stunning Matakana Coast, designed around you.
Terra & Tide create an itinerary tailored to your tastes, drawing on a variety of unique experiences: wine tasting at local cellar doors, exploring incredible sculpture parks, galleries and artists' studios, soaking up the beauty of Tāwharanui Regional Park, and browsing the artisan delights of Matakana Village.
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Something a little different?
Terra & Tide can also create a completely customised experience, tailored to your interests and the way you like to travel. Your day could include visits to local artists and galleries, vineyards and artisan producers, spectacular coastal walks, nature and wellbeing experiences, or other unique activities and encounters.
Whether you'd like to spend a day discovering the Matakana region or venture further afield, Terra & Tide can create an experience just for you.
About our partner
Terra & Tide is an award-winning, regenerative tourism business offering experiences across the Matakana Coast, Auckland, Waiheke Island, the Hauraki Gulf and Northland. Their private Matakana tours include an expert local guide, collection from your residence, entry fees and lunch, with travel in luxury electric Mercedes vehicles. Bluestone Estate guests can book their Terra & Tide experience directly through us.
Add a tour to your itinerary and send it to us from the Experiences page: we come back with times and a price, and arrange the day with Terra & Tide for you.
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