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Picton
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Getting to Picton
- Airports
- Wellington (WLG), 67 km · Christchurch (CHC), 273 km
- Wellington → Picton64 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 59m · NZ$22–78
- Christchurch → Picton274 km · quickest by road, 5h 59m · NZ$48–65
- Auckland → Picton498 km · quickest by air, 7h 28m · NZ$250–380
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Picton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Picton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
What Wikivoyage says about moving around
- Get inPassenger and vehicle ferries sail several times daily from Wellington to Picton, taking about 3½ hours.
- Get inCruise ships up to 245 m long berth at Waitohi Wharf alongside the Cook Strait ferries, while larger cruise ships berth at Waimahara Wharf on adjacent Shakespeare Bay and passengers are shuttled from the wharf to the i-Site Information centre in central Picton.
- Get inA one-way fare is around $99, making the 25-minute flight a time-saving alternative to the ferry.
- Get inThere are bus and shuttle services that connect with the ferry sailings travelling to Christchurch via Kaikoura, Nelson via Havelock and one shuttle to Fox Glacier via Murchison and Greymouth.
- Get inAlmost all rental car companies will have an office in Picton so you do not need to take rental cars on the ferry.
From Wikivoyage: Picton (New Zealand), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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