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Half-Day Queenstown Tour: Sightseeing, Wine Tasting, & Adventure Activities

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Queenstown

Experience the best of Queenstown in just half a day! Join this tour for sightseeing, wine tasting, adventure activities, and more. Departing from central Queenstown, this 4.5-hour tour will take you to iconic viewpoints, Lord of the Rings filming locations, Arrowtown's quaint streets, and more. Don't miss out on this exciting adventure!

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Queenstown Hill - Start your day meeting your friendly guide in the Queenstown Town Centre. From here we start our sightseeing with a short drive to the top of Queenstown Hill, where we take in the iconic viewpoint showing off the town and famous backdrop.
Arrowtown Chinese Settlement - Enjoy the scenic drive out past the famous Shotover River, where we watch jet boats speed through canyons, before passing under Coronet Peak ski field on the drive to Arrowtown. In Arrowtown, we allow you free time to explore this adorable mining village. Join our guide for gold panning, or take one of our maps and explore on your own, visiting the famous Arrowtown Bakery, and local gift stores, or stock up on treats from the Remarkable Sweet Shop.
AJ Hackett Kawarau Bungy Centre - From here we continue our journey to the Gibbston wine region, a stretch of road lined with vines and home to the world-famous Pinot Noir. Our first stop takes us on a thrilling turn, visiting the Kawarau Bungy Bridge, the home of Bungy jumping and a great spot to watch the fearless.
The Church Cellar Door and Cafe - The Church Cellar Door is a picturesque location, in a small refurbished church sitting on large sweeping grounds. Here you will have a tasting of Mt Edwards wines with a shared cheese board.

For those who don’t drink wine, or children on tour, they can choose to have a coffee or non-alcoholic beverage instead of wine.

Lake Wakatipu - The journey doesn’t finish there. After heading back toward Queenstown, we meet a boat charter in the Frankton Marina, which will take you on a guided 25-minute lake cruise on Lake Whakatipu showing you the sights from the water before dropping you off back in Queenstown Bay in the Queenstown Town Centre.

What's Included

Wine tasting at a local winery (non-alcoholic options are available)
Free time to explore Arrowtown
Commentary from an entertaining local guide
On-board WiFi
Shared cheese board
Private boat cruise on Lake Whakatipu
Scenic viewpoints and photo stops around Queenstown

What's Not Included

Hotel pick up/drop off
Lunch

Additional Information

Welcome to Tāhuna Queenstown. The four-season town sitting on the edge of the mighty Lake Whakatipu. With a name fit for a Queen, it boasts an incredible mountain landscape, thrilling adventure activities, a rich gold mining history, and world-famous wines.

See more and join this half-day tour that shows you around Queenstown like a local. Visit iconic scenic viewpoints, see Lord of the Rings filming locations, walk the quaint streets of Arrowtown, watch the fearless Bungy jump, taste Pinot in Gibbston, and take a cruise on the lake - all in an easy half-day adventure.

The 4.5-hour Best of Queenstown Tour departs the Station Building, central Queenstown at 8:30 am, arriving back to Queenstown Bay at 1:00 pm.

Minimum numbers of 4 apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
Please be waiting at the Station Building pick up 10 minutes prior to the departure time.

Location

Marmolada Cafe

Camp Street

Pick up will be at the bench seats outside the Station Building on Camp Street, by Marmolada Cafe. Please be waiting 10 minutes prior to departure.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Gregbr6321rb

May 15, 2024

Best of Queenstown NZ 2024 - Driver guide Dan gave us his best. The introduction and safety was right. Luckily we were comfortable in a 7 pax group in a 12 ? seat luxury bus. A good look talk on Queenstown and then down the road to Arrow town quaint with really friendly people. Also watched a bunny jump and a Quick Look at Shot over jet boat river action. The church wine n cheese matching was educational and enjoyable. Will now have to shop for more cheese variants. Overall a great half day outing and only $119 Almost forgot the ride in a powerful boat in the lake in Queenstown very good finish.🇦🇺🚌✅

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Gladys_f

Apr 29, 2024

The Right Balance - It was the right amount of activities and variation for a 1/2 day tour. Our guide Anna was passionate and informative about the region. The wine/cheese tasting was delightful and the setting was lovely. Arrowtown brought another perspective. The Bungee Center and Shotover sites provided a glimpse of the love New Zealanders have for extreme sport! Scenic boat ride back was a reflective experience to settle you back in to town. Fun day!

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Global12812062209

Apr 10, 2024

Great operator and tour - A very good mix of activities and an enjoyable morning. Wine tasting, browse around Arrowtown and water taxi were the best. Stuart

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Apr 3, 2024

Anna was awesome tour guide! - Anna was an awesome tour guide! She was personal le and knowledgeable. We enjoyed our time on the tour with her! A must see tour!

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Janinemt2484uy

Apr 2, 2024

Ana the best guide for the best of Queenstown - From the introduction of our tour guide/driver, Ana, to the farewell at the water taxi point Ana was very courteous and knowledgeable Every stop along the trip was a special part of the whole trip. Highly recommend the tour. Even better if Ana is your guide. THANK YOU ANA FROM SCOTT AND I

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Kylie

Mar 9, 2024

DAN IS THE MAN - Dan Dan is our man! Excellent tour guide. Thoroughly enjoyed our tour. Dan was very knowledgeable and has a fabulous energy which made the tour extra enjoyable and fun

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408karenn

Mar 7, 2024

Excellent Overview of Queenstown - We were fortunate to take the Best of Queenstown trip with Dan, who although apparently a "newbie" driver, did an excellent job of narrating our trip. In 4.5 short hours, we were able to see several views of Queenstown, bungee jumping, a jet boat on the river, a boat ride, and we even had a wine tasting at Church wines - which was excellent. Since we knew nothing about Queenstown, we would highly recommend this tour to familiarize yourself with the area.

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Stevefortyeight

Mar 5, 2024

Queenstown Altutude Tour - Great tour with Jono. Very informative and friendly commentery . Enjoyed the stops en route and the wine tasting was great. Thoroughly recommend. Steve & Lucy

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Brionyp314

Mar 5, 2024

Best tour we did in Queenstown - Ana and Dan led a brilliant tour for us. Their energy and openness created a lovely atmosphere and they seemed to have answers to every question we could think of! The tour itself took in some great sights and we particularly enjoyed the winery/vineyard wine tasting and the boat cruise back into town. The whole thing ran like clockwork and gave us a sense of the area, its history, and all the activities happening here.

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