Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere
Te Hoiere / Pelorus Sound
The longest waterway among the Marlborough Sounds, lined with mussel farm rafts and frequented by dolphins and rare king shags.
Pelorus Sound stretches about 55 km, with a winding coastline and sparse population, and its waters are dotted with neatly arranged mussel farm rafts. Mussel boat tours and mail boats from Havelock venture deep into the sound, where you often see dusky dolphins, bottlenose dolphins and king shags, which are found nowhere in the world except the Marlborough Sounds. You can also spend a night in a holiday house on the sound and experience life reachable only by boat.
Opening hours
Open all day (by boat)
Nearby sights
- Havelock
- Edwin Fox Maritime Museum
- Picton
- The Snout Track
- Marlborough Sounds
- Pukatea / Whites Bay
- Makana Confections
- Cloudy Bay Vineyards