Top Things to Do in Picton, New Zealand, from a Cruise Ship - Created by BoostVacations.com Staff

Picton is a town in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. It is close to the head of Queen Charlotte Sound near the north-east corner of the South Island. The population was 2,928 in the 2006 Census, a decrease of 72 from 2001.

The Marlborough Sounds are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys at the north end of the South Island of New Zealand. The Marlborough Sounds were created by a combination of land subsidence and rising sea levels at the north of the South Island of New Zealand.

The Queen Charlotte Track is a 70 km long New Zealand walking track between Queen Charlotte Sound and Kenepuru Sound in the Marlborough Sounds. It extends from Ship Cove in the north to Anakiwa in the south. For most parts, the track leads through native bush along the ridgeline of hills between the sounds, offering good views either side.

Thomas Reeves, Calcutta (1853), Sir George Hodgkinson, London (1853-4), Duncan Dunbar, London (1854-62), Gellatly Hankey & Co, London (1862-73), Shaw Savill, London (1873-85), Shaw Savill & Albion, London (c 1885-1900), New Zealand Refrigeration Co Ltd, Christchurch (c 1900-1965), Edwin Fox Restoration Society (c 1965-1975) Edwin Fox Society, Picton (1981- )

Queen Charlotte Sound is the easternmost of the main sounds of the Marlborough Sounds, in New Zealand's South Island. It is, like the other sounds, a drowned river valley (or ria), and like the majority of its neighbours it runs southwest to northeast before joining Cook Strait.

Lochmara Lodge Wildlife Recovery and Arts Centre is set on the tranquil shores of the Queen Charlotte Sound in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. Lochmara offers accommodation to track walkers, nature lovers, eco-tourists and families alike.