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

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: 24 hours
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…
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…

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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Niezelhidalgo
Feb 20, 2025
Thank you Kevin - Kevin is the best tour guide! We all had fun and the tour was beautiful and amazing! He even let some of us wear costumes to get great pictures! Food was served warm. Amazing experience here in queenstown.
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William
Feb 18, 2025
IT IS WHAT IT SAYS IT WILL BE … THE BEST OF QUEENSTOWN - A varied morning itinerary was really enjoyable with scenic lookouts, the chance to see bungee jumping being done (but nothing changed my mind not/never to do it!), a lovely hour in delightful Arrowtown and a wine tasting in a old wooden decommissioned church building all meshed together well with the short cruise from Frankton to Queenstown making a perfect way to wrap things up. Thomas was an excellent driver and guide. Lovely to see young people taking on these jobs between studies or as part of their progression. He spoke well and informatively and kept things moving at just the right pace. A very enjoyable four hours, all in all.
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Valerie_f
Feb 6, 2025
Nicely paced adventure... - Nicely paced adventure but would have liked a little more time in Arrowtown. Our guide was excellent.
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Dao
Feb 4, 2025
A must do tour with a small group tour Altitude - A very enjoyable ,relaxing best of Queenstowns second journey with Ana ! We appreciate the time spent with Ana as our tour guide. Arrowtown is a charming village ,stopover bungy jumping place and taste good wine with Bev. Much gratitude to meet such a kind people if NZ!
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Maps55492897671
Feb 2, 2025
Best ever. Shanay guide fantastic! - I did the Best of Queenstown & Glenorchy scenic tour in the same day. Probably the best tour, with the best ever guide, Shanay (pictured). Shanay brings the knowledge of the area, the ability to make you feel welcome & comfortable, and above all, the passion. 100% recommended.
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Oksana_r
Jan 28, 2025
Great tour to take is you are short on time - Good intro to Queenstown and surroundings. Wine tasting as well☺️. Kevin (our guide) was very knowledgeable
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M
Jan 22, 2025
Great trip out , pity about the boat - Lucky in some respects as it turned out to be just the 2 of us so we had a wonderful tour at the hands of the likeable , informative and friendly Ash . Highlights were panning for gold , wine and cheese tasting along with wonderful scenery. Unluckily we became aware at the end of the tour that the boat trip wasn’t possible because there was only the 2 of us . Were given some vouchers for underwater observation but was closing when we got back and were leaving next day . The receptionist did let in for 5 mins to see the fish but I’m not sure if that was the same monies worth as a boat trip . However on the whole great trip made more enjoyable by our guide
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B8738tbpetera
Jan 16, 2025
Not your every day tour felt very comfortable and a small number of people really enjoyed our guide Kevin - Very timely and knowledgeable guide bus was clean and comfortable. A very slow pace tour, but relaxing and so many beautiful sites
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Jordanf510
Jan 10, 2025
Fantastic tour if you only have 4-5 hours - Shanay was a fantastic guide! There was only me and a family of three on our 8.30am tour so it felt very personalised. Shanay is so knowledgeable and funny and kept us informed and entertained throughout the trip. The locations were beautiful and the wine tasting experience superb!
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Mikehn7669hh
Jan 28, 2025
Good Tour but cancelled boat trip spoilt it. - The tour in general was very good with well chosen locations that were interesting. Our guide, Kevin, was very personable and knowledgeable and we wouldn't fault him. Unfortunately the highlight of our trip was to be the boat trip. We were told near the end of the tour that this is had been cancelled due to the weather. Despite it being fine and warm all day, if a little windy. In mitigation entry to another attraction was offered but turned out to be closed ( an experience documented in another review so this has happened before). On arriving back at the lake there were several boats on the water ! What would've been a very enjoyable day ended on a sour note.
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