The Portage House | Location
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The Portage House is situated on the hill overlooking Portage Bay. It is an easy 5 walk from the house to the waterfront.
There is a local store at the bay along with The Portage Resort Close and picturesque Queen Charlotte walking track it the ideal base for your Marlborough Sounds get away.
GETTING THERE
Sounds Air - Local airline providing a low cost service across Cook Strait from Wellington to Picton or Blenheim
Interisland Ferry Service - Ferry service crossing Cook Strait from Wellington to Picton
GETTING THERE BY CAR
- From Blenheim
- From Nelson
- From Picton
Getting there from Blenheim
From Blenheim the drive to Portage will take an easy 1 hour 30 mins.
Take State Highway 6 to Havelock – 33 kms
Turn right onto the Queen Charlotte Drive to Linkwater – 12 kms
Turn Left onto Kenepuru Road and follow until you arrive at The Portage.
Immediately above hotel turn right on the private road at the assortement of letter boxes, go past the first turn right and follow the road up the hill and around to the right.
Second park on the right is The Portage House parking, look for number 2943 on the blue sign. Park nose in and make sure the hand brake is on !
Follow the stairs down to the house to the right of the blue sign.
Getting there from Nelson
From Nelson the drive to Portage will take 1 hour 30 mins.
Take State Highway 6 to Havelock – 75 kms
Turn left onto the Queen Charlotte Drive to Linkwater – 12 kms
Turn Left onto Kenepuru Road and follow until you arrive at The Portage
Immediately above hotel turn right up a private road at the assortement of letter boxes, go past the first turn right and follow the road up the hill and around to the right.
Second park on the right is The Portage House parking, look for number 2943 on the blue sign. Park nose in and make sure the hand brake is on !
Follow the stairs down to the house to the right of the blue sign.
Getting there from Picton
From Picton the drive to Portage will take 1 hour 10 mins.
Take the Queen Charlotte Drive to Linkwater – 22 kms
Turn Right onto Kenepuru Road and follow until you arrive at The Portage
Immediately above hotel turn right up a private road at the assortement of letter boxes, go past the first turn right and follow the road up the hill and around to the right.
Second park on the right is The Portage House parking, look for number 2943 on the blue sign. Park nose in and make sure the hand brake is on !
Follow the stairs down to the house to the right of the blue sign.
NO CAR ? NO PROBLEM
If you have flown Sounds Air make sure you request a Picton drop off at the Cougarline water taxi and their shuttle bus will drop you at the door. The same goes if you have arrived by ferry, make your way around the water front from the ferry terminal to the water taxis. It is an easy 5 minute walk.
Book your water taxi with The Cougarline or Beachcomber Cruises to Torea Bay. Make sure you ask for the shuttle bus to take you over the hill when you arrive at Torea. When the shuttle bus drops you at The Portage Hotel walk up to the road above the hotel then you will see the various letterboxes and follow the road up hill, go past the first turn right and follow the road up the hill and around to the right. The second park on the right is The Portage House parking, look for number 2943 on the blue sign.
Follow the stairs down to the house to the right of the blue sign. The walk up the hill only takes 2 minutes but the view is worth it.
Or you can simply give us a call when you get into Picton and we can guide you in.
Call us on 021 311 994