Arrowtown Wānaka Highlights Tour
Experience Arrowtown and Wānaka on a six hour small group tour
Our most popular sightseeing tour from Queenstown, taking in the best bits of the region: historic Arrowtown, scenically stunning Wānaka, the Crown Range New Zealand’s highest paved road, the world-famous Cardrona Hotel, and the Instagram favourite, The Wānaka Tree.
Adult: $189 NZD Child: (6 to 16 YRS) $110 NZD (no children under 6)
Winter 2024: 10.40am Start, 5.00pm Finish
From September 2024: 10.00am Start, 4.30pm Finish
Tour 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 paved public road 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.
The good stuff 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.
Maximum group size of 15
Take in historic attractions and iconic scenery
Photo stop at the Wānaka tree.
Includes: Beer or non-alcoholic ginger beer at the Cardrona Hotel
Central Queenstown Pick up and Drop Off
Available as a private option
Booking Information
Important information
Winter 2024: 10.40am Start, 5.00pm Finish
From September 2024: 10.00am Start, 4.30pm Finish
*No children under six on this tour
*Please note attractions like Puzzling World and the Lavender Farm are not available on this tour.
*Private Tours are available for children under six and stops at the Lavender Farm and Puzzling World.
*All Tour pick ups are from Central Queenstown, see map below.
If you’d like to know more, please see our FAQs.
Call us on +64 (03) 441 8867 between the hours of 8.30am and 6.30 pm if you have any questions.
What Our Guests Say
“Wayne is a delight, his dry humor and quick wit make for an entertaining tour. He offers the perfect amount of stops on a day trip that is just long enough, with a route through beautiful Wanaka and Arrowtown. The stop at the Cardrona Hotel is a surprise treat and was my personal favorite part of the tour.
The best part is the amount of interesting information he shares during the entire drive. He rarely lacks for conversational topics, and I found 100% of it interesting.
I would highly recommend this tour, and it's too bad he does not have similar offerings in other cities. He'd have to clone himself to make it work. Maybe we'll have that technology soon enough”