Queen Charlotte Drive
Picton to Havelock
22 Rankers Reviews
21 Face-to-Face
14 Picton / Marlborough Sounds
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Make sure you leave enough time to make plenty of stops along the way, the drive passes through many stunning little bays, and there are plenty of photo opportunities.
You should stop at the lookout near the Havelock end of the road. The view out across the sounds from this spot at Cullens Point is breathtaking. Keep your eyes out for bikes as they also like this route.
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Mike Fricker
Ranking: 9/10
06Oct18. Lovely drive, great lookouts. Beautiful scenery. Better for the passengers than driver as the road is very windy. Thank wotsit for power steering and auto box! Just make plenty of stops to enjoy the views.
Danny van Meel
Ranking: 10/10
Great drive with a lot of lookout points of the Marlborough Sounds!
Gabriel Prerot
Ranking: 7/10
The drive between Picton and Havelock is very scenic and beautiful. It is a bit windy with a big campervan but worth the effort.
Sam Lawrence
Ranking: 10/10
Gorgeous time along the coast from Picton. So many stunning views and stop off points. Highly recommended.
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Maayke Reidsma
Ranking: 10/10
A beautiful road. So many great lookouts!!
Hector Sharp
Ranking: 9/10
Fantastic drive and lots of great places to stop that overlook the Sounds.
Brianna Burd
Ranking: 7/10
Beautiful scenery at every time. Bathrooms and camping spots are plentiful. Only downfall would be the winding roads for those who get car sick.
Patrick Veber
Ranking: 8/10
The drive from Picton to Havelock is a 35km ride directly at the coast with stunning views of the Marlborough Sounds.
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Ben Devlin
Ranking: 10/10
Off the beaten path so make sure you have at least half a tank of gas and a stomach for gravel roads. EPIC!
Greta
Ranking: 10/10
Stunning landscape! We had several breaks at the lookout points and enjoyed the beautiful views. But quite a lot of turns/bends and sometimes steep!
Inge van Noorf
Ranking: 7/10
Beautiful way to drive.
Christoph Betten
Ranking: 10/10
The scenery was great and there were a lot of lookouts and spots at the beach. Better than the Great Ocean Road!
Janek Belcher
Ranking: 8/10
Very curvy drive along the fjords with very nice lookout points.
