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Daily ToursGourmet Food and Wine TourBoutique Wine TourClassic Wine TourTwilight Stars And Wine TourQueenstown Highlights TourSoak up the sights and attractions on a morning of guided sightseeing.
Discover the best of the region on an unforgettable Queenstown Highlights Tour, a fully guided morning experience showcasing the area’s most iconic scenery, historic landmarks, and adventure attractions. Travel in comfort aboard a luxury Mercedes-Benz minivan with a small-group setting, ensuring a personalised and relaxed journey with complimentary hotel transfers included.
Begin your tour with breathtaking panoramic views from Queenstown Hill, where sweeping alpine landscapes, Lake Wakatipu, and surrounding mountain ranges provide one of the most photographed viewpoints in the region. This elevated lookout offers the perfect introduction to Queenstown’s dramatic natural beauty.
Continue into the world-famous Gibbston Valley, also known as the “Valley of the Vines,” home to award-winning Central Otago wineries and dramatic river gorges. Here, you will experience the excitement of the Kawarau Bridge, the birthplace of commercial bungy jumping, where visitors can watch jumpers leap 43 metres above the river below in one of Queenstown’s most iconic adventure settings.
The journey continues to Gibbston Valley Winery, where guests can enjoy a wine tasting experience featuring premium local varietals, relax with a coffee at the cellar door, or explore the boutique cheesery and gift shop. This stop offers a perfect balance of wine, food, and leisure in one of Central Otago’s most renowned wine regions.
Travel onwards through cinematic landscapes featured in The Lord of the Rings, including views reminiscent of the Pillars of the Kings along the Kawarau River. This section of the tour highlights Queenstown’s global reputation as both a wine and film destination.
Step back in time in the historic gold mining village of Arrowtown, where guests can stroll the charming main street, explore preserved colonial buildings, and learn about the region’s gold rush history and Chinese Settlement along the riverbank. This stop provides a rich cultural contrast to the region’s wine and adventure experiences.
On the return journey to Queenstown, pass through Arthurs Point and take in views of the dramatic Shotover River canyon, where you may even spot jet boats navigating the narrow gorge at high speed—an iconic example of Queenstown’s world-famous adventure tourism scene.
What to bring:
End your tour in style at the Shotover jet and continue your Queenstown Journey by jumping into the excitement of the a jetboat ride!
The world’s most exciting jet boat ride. A unique combination of beauty and power, it’s an experience like no other, blending pristine natural landscape with wall to wall canyon action from start to finish!
Proudly owned by Ngāi Tahu, the Māori people of this land, our connection to the Kimiākau (Shotover River) goes back centuries. As the home of our tīpuna (ancestors), this place is part of us. Only we have access to the spectacular Shotover Canyons and no one knows this area like they do!
Adult (16yrs+) - NZD $179pp
Children (5-15yrs) - NZD $99pp
*Subject to availability
*Shotover Jet to provide a complimenty shuttle from the Shotover River to Queenstown CBD
The Central Otago wine region spreads from the outskirts of Queenstown’s Wakatipu Basin through picturesque valleys and dramatic gorges to the rolling vine-clad foothills of Bannockburn and beyond.
The region itself is broken into six wine sub-regions. Two of our Daily Wine Tours visit three contrasting wine sub-regions, each with their own distinctive soils, elevations and characteristics; all producing excellent aromatic and burgundy wine types.
Our carefully crafted Daily Wine Tours ensure you experience the best of the southernmost wine producing region in the world.
Tours run every day with a minimum of 2 and maximum of 12 adults ensuring a personalised yet social day out.
The vineyards we visit on all of our tours change daily and vineyards can be requested. Tours may include Mt Difficulty, Chard Farm, Amisfield and Gibbston Valley Winery.
Whether you would prefer to be immersed in Central Otago’s wine culture for a full day, half day, or savour the taste for an afternoon, you have the opportunity to gain a wealth of knowledge from our passionate Wine Guides – local knowledge, history and everything wine!
