Platinum Arrowtown Wānaka Tour
Bus & Coach
This is our most diverse full-day tour from Queenstown, packed with 13 stops and lots of time outside the vehicle. With a taste of everything – sightseeing, shopping, history and food, it’s more comprehensive than any other Queenstown tour, perfect if you’re short on time or don’t want to be out driving every day. It’s also a loop tour so you’re never in the same place twice.
Tour Highlights:
The ultimate way to see the region
We visit four historical mining locations and one of the world’s top-10 holiday destinations, Wānaka, sharing fascinating stories and history, and our inside knowledge.
Relax and explore at your pace
We give you over four hours out of the vehicle to stretch your legs. In fact, on all our tours we never drive more than half an hour without a stop.
An inspiring full-day tour
We actually reckon this tour strikes the perfect balance between information and recreation – an invigorating full day that leaves you feeling inspired, not tired.
Let us do the driving
Taste a local speciality, feel the local vibe, walk in the steps of early gold miners, and imagine an era pre-humans when moa roamed at the foot of the Crown Range. If it’s winter, there might even be the opportunity to throw a snowball or two
Included in your tour:
- x4 historical gold mining locales: the Chinese settlement, Arrowtown, Cromwell and Cardrona
- A visit to one of the country’s most stunning formal gardens, and the chance to buy famous Central-Otago-grown fresh fruit (when in season)
- Morning tea stop in Cromwell at one of our favorite cafés.
- Free time in Wānaka – browse and shop in the picturesque town or enjoy lunch in one of the many great cafes
- Travel back in time to 1863 and enjoy a drink at New Zealand’s most photographed pub, the Cardrona Hotel
- Experience the breathtaking landscape of the Kawarau Gorge, Lakes Dunstan and Wānaka.
- Over 4 hours out of the tour vehicle taking in historic attractions and iconic scenery, including the Wānaka tree
- Also included: Morning refreshments in a cafe (light snack and espresso coffee, leaf tea or hot chocolate)
- Includes: Beer or non-alcoholic ginger beer at the Cardrona Hotel
Please note: – Central Queenstown pick-up (we don’t pick up from accommodation) – No children under 8 on this tour – Please note attractions like Puzzling World and the Lavender Farm are not available on this tour – Tour will start around 9:10 am for pick-ups, and finish around 5:00 pm
Highlights:
- The ultimate way to see the region
- We visit four historical mining locations and one of the world’s top-10 holiday destinations, Wānaka, sharing fascinating stories and history, and our inside knowledge.
- Relax and explore at your pace We give you over four hours out of the vehicle to stretch your legs. In fact, on all our tours we never drive more than half an hour without a stop.
- An inspiring full-day tour
- We actually reckon this tour strikes the perfect balance between information and recreation – an invigorating full day that leaves you feeling inspired, not tired.
- Let us do the driving
- Taste a local speciality, feel the local vibe, walk in the steps of early gold miners, and imagine an era pre-humans when moa roamed at the foot of the Crown Range.
- If it’s winter, there might even be the opportunity to throw a snowball or two
Included:
- Four historical gold mining locales: the Chinese settlement, Arrowtown, Cromwell and Cardrona.
- Morning tea stop in Cromwell at one of our favourite cafés.
- Free time in Wānaka – browse and shop in the picturesque town or enjoy lunch in one of the many great cafes.
- Travel back in time to 1863 and enjoy a drink at New Zealand’s most photographed pub, the Cardrona Hotel.
- Experience the breathtaking landscape of the Kawarau Gorge, Lakes Dunstan and Wānaka.
- Over four hours out of the tour vehicle taking in historic attractions and iconic scenery, including the Wānaka tree.
- Also included: Morning refreshments in a cafe (light snack and espresso coffee, leaf tea or hot chocolate)
- Includes: Beer or non-alcoholic ginger beer at the Cardrona Hotel
- Central Queenstown pick up and drop offs
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Arrowtown Wānaka Highlights Tour
Bus & Coach
Our most popular sightseeing tour from Queenstown, taking in the best bits of the region: historic Arrowtown, scenically stunning Wanaka and the world-famous Cardrona Hotel.
If you don’t quite have time for our Platinum Tour, join our friendly guides on this relaxed trip, for local highlights, rich and amusing stories about gold history and geology, and a peek into the lifestyle of the region. The amazing landscape and scenery will truly be the highlight of your time in Queenstown.
Old gold, liquid gold and gold-star movie settings. The charming village of Arrowtown is a living settlement and the town and nearby locations are the source of many wonderful stories. We know you’ll want to stretch your legs at this point and follow your nose to what most interests you, so we drop you off for some free time to explore and shop. Everything is within easy walking distance.
Wānaka, the highlight of the Great Lakes region.
Visit one of the world’s top-10 holiday destinations, Wānaka. Spend free time browsing and lunching in the gorgeous lakefront town with everything within easy walking distance.
Let us do the driving
Journey over the Crown Range, New Zealand highest sealed public and stop for a photo or three, we know all the good spots. If it’s winter, there might even be the opportunity to throw a snowball or two.
Visit iconic landmarks along the way
We’ll take you to the iconic Wānaka tree, and help you find the best place for a photo. Another highlight of this tour is our stop at the much-photographed Cardrona Hotel, with its rich heritage and legendary beer garden, where you can have a beverage on us and look out for the local ghost.
Included in your tour:
- Explore Arrowtown & The Chinese Village, plenty of time to shop and relax
- Free time in Wānaka – browse and shop in the picturesque town or enjoy lunch in one of the many great cafes
- Travel back in time to 1863 and enjoy a drink at New Zealand’s most photographed pub, the Cardrona Hotel
- Take in historic attractions and iconic scenery, including the Wānaka tree
- Beer or non-alcoholic ginger beer at the Cardrona Hotel
- Central Queenstown Pick up and Drop Off (we don’t pick up from accommodation)
Please note: – No children under 6 on this tour – Please note attractions like Puzzling World and the Lavender Farm are not available on this tour. – Tour will start around 10:40am for pick-ups, and finish around 5:00pm
Highlights:
- Arrowtown – a journey back in time
- Old gold, liquid gold and gold-star movie settings. The charming village of Arrowtown is a living settlement and the town and nearby locations are the source of many wonderful stories.
- We know you’ll want to stretch your legs at this point and follow your nose to what most interests you, so we drop you off for some free time to explore and shop. Everything is within easy walking distance.
- Wānaka, the highlight of the Great Lakes region. Visit one of the world’s top-10 holiday destinations, Wānaka. Spend free time browsing and lunching in the gorgeous lakefront town with everything within easy walking distance.
- Let us do the driving Journey over the Crown Range, New Zealand highest sealed public and stop for a photo or three, we know all the good spots. If it’s winter, there might even be the opportunity to throw a snowball or two.
- Visit iconic landmarks along the way We’ll take you to the iconic Wānaka tree, and help you find the best place for a photo. Another highlight of this tour is our stop at the much-photographed Cardrona Hotel, with its rich heritage and legendary beer garden, where you can have a beverage on us and look out for the local ghost.
Included:
- Explore Arrowtown & The Chinese Village, plenty of time to shop and relax.
- Free time in Wānaka – browse and shop in the picturesque town or enjoy lunch in one of the many great cafes.
- Travel back in time to 1863 and enjoy a drink at New Zealand’s most photographed pub, the Cardrona Hotel.
- Take in historic attractions and iconic scenery, including the Wānaka tree.
- Includes: Beer or non-alcoholic ginger beer at the Cardrona Hotel
- Central Queenstown Pick up and Drop Off
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