After pickup from your hotel, the guide will take you to a local Coffee Roastery where you will see the end-to-end process followed by a tasting. What’s better than coffee? Yes, that’s right Chocolate! We visit the Wellington Chocolate Factory located at Hannahs Laneway in Leeds Street to have a taste of their irresistible artisan chocolates! On Saturday’s you get to take in a tour of the Chocolate Factory where you learn about how cocoa is grown and turned into premium chocolate.
Next, take a visit to Fix and Fogg to sample some of their amazing peanut butter and other morsels which is located in the original laundry room of the Hannahs Shoe Factory. Enjoy lunch at either Shepherd (Saturday or Sunday only) or Pizza Pomodoro (Wednesday-Friday). The Owner and Chef of Shepherd, Chef Shepherd Elliott opened the restaurant in 2016 with the aim of offering exceptional, fun dining matched with a thoughtful and focused beverage selection to provide an outstanding experience for any lover of great eating. Shepherd’s suppliers are the very best New Zealand and the Wellington region have to offer and they work closely with them to provide you with the freshest, most ethical ingredients. In November 2019, Shepherd was awarded two hats and named Best Casual Dining at the Cuisine Good Food Awards. This puts Shepherd among the top 20 restaurants in the country.
Pizza Pomodoro’s Head Pizza Chef Massimo Tolve comes from the world-famous ‘Pizza Capital’ of Italy – Naples. Pizza Pomodoro prides itself on delivering to you the “original” pizza experience Neapolitan Style Pizza. After a magnificent lunch at Pizza Pomodoro or Shepherd, you will visit Denzien Urban Distillery for Gin tastings made at their distillery. Enjoy a scenic drive around the Eastern and Southern Bays to Lyall Bay for a visit to one of Wellington’s larger Craft Breweries Parrot Dog. If you feel like a final drink by all means – I’m the one that’s driving! Parrot Dog is the home of the famous original release ‘Bitter Bitch’ – aptly named for the problematic first brew day which emphasized its hop bitterness. Are you brave enough to take on the ‘Bitter Bitch’? Continue around the Southern Bays finishing up back in the city to your drop-off location around 4:30 pm.
New Zealand spring water
