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Mt Cook Day Small-Group Tour From Queenstown

Take a break from the hectic Queenstown streets with this trip into the mighty Southern Alps. Spend the day at Mount Cook Village, nestled in the shadow of Aoraki Mount Cook, New Zealand’s tallest mountain. Enjoy free reign to set your own schedule, whether it’s hiking around the Alps or learning more about the mountains at Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Center. Enjoy stunning sights on the way up the mountains, including super-blue Lake Pukaki If you need tips on what to do in the village, your guide is on hand to help Visit an alpine salmon farm where you can feed salmon and try some salmon snacks No-fuss hotel transfers are available from select Queenstown hotels
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Queenstown Beer Tours

Embark on an immersive craft beer journey with our fully guided tour, where every sip tells a story. Led by a knowledgeable local guide, this experience promises a memorable exploration of three distinct local breweries, each exuding its own unique charm and character. At 2 breweries indulge in a plethora of beer options, meticulously crafted to cater to various palates, all at a great price. With stellar reviews, you're ensured a seamless and enriching experience throughout. Enjoy an exclusive beer and food paired lunch, thoughtfully designed to accommodate dietary preferences, adding an extra layer of delight to your journey. Delve deeper into the art of brewing with an insightful tour of Canyon Brewery, where you can learn fascinating insights into the craft behind your favorite brews. Relax and savor every moment of your day with hotel pickups and drop-offs ensuring an easy day. And as a cherry on top, receive a voucher to enjoy after the tour. Default pickup is Camp Street
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Tasman Glacier (Mount Cook) Heli-Hike from Queenstown

The one-hour fixed-wing flight from Queenstown to the Tasman Glacier in Aoraki Mount Cook is certainly spectacular, but the highlight of this trip is the glacier Heli Hike. The experienced guides will take you into a deep part of the glacier via a scenic helicopter flight. The helicopter passes over the deep crevasses of the icefalls and waterfalls to land on the Tasman glacier itself. From there you’ll be fitted with crampons for the two hours on the ice, exploring caves and seeing the natural, ever-changing wonder of the glacier in the South Island of New Zealand.
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Paradise Valley Full Day Tour

Paradise Valley full day tour is the perfect activity for families and small groups, offering flexibility to accommodate your personal interests whether they be walking, photography or viewing movie locations of Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit. This tour will allow you to leave your worries behind as you take your time exploring all the Glenorchy region has to offer. It is the ultimate tour for those wanting a leisurely day with great food, and optional walks. So if you’re looking for stunning views and exclusive locations then this tour is for you.
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Bike The Wineries 3/4 Day Ride Queenstown

Enjoy a shuttle transfer from Queenstown to our Arrow Junction start point. Here we cover mountain bike fitting, navigation, bike safety and very importantly: winery information. Get straight into your pre-wine warm up! Ride 5kms along the beautiful Arrow and Kawarau Rivers to the Kawarau Suspension Bridge – home of the world famous Bungy jump. From Bungy spend the afternoon biking at your leisure along the Gibbston River Trail, using our informative winery map to visit as many of the cellar doors linked throughout this easy riding trail. Enjoy a relaxed lunch en-route or picnic at one of the many wineries. We will pick you up at 4:30pm (4pm on our winter schedule) from the Church (or another pre-arranged point in the valley) for your relaxing shuttle transfer back to Queenstown. Wineries enroute are: • Chard Farm • Gibbston Valley Winery • Gibbston Tavern and Tasting Room • Rockburn • Kinross • Mt Rosa • Brennan Wines
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Premium Glenorchy & Paradise Valley Expedition

Mystical morning & afternoon half-day expeditions to Glenorchy and Paradise! Take in the Spectacular Dart River, discover storytelling and learn about Maori Mythology. Enjoy our morning or afternoon tea provided. Travel with Queenstown Expeditions into the Heart of this region’s stunning beauty towards Glenorchy, Paradise and Diamond Lake, home to Many movie locations such as “The Lord of The Rings”. Meet and talk to real New Zealand people! View the amazing scenery through our Luxury vehicle with large viewing windows. The ultimate platform for this half day adventure. Hear about Maori Mythology from this area with our state-of-the-art storytelling system offering cultural history and stories from a different time and place in New Zealand. Our stories are professionally themed with music sound and voice transporting you to a different place in time.
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6 Hour's - Queenstown's Helicopter Gin Tour

Experience the world's first Heli Gin Tour on this finely curated gin-tasting experience that includes a mix of tastings, scenery, fun & education. Start your day with a pick-up from your Queenstown accommodation and enjoy a special scenic helicopter flight. Land on a mountaintop and enjoy a unique gin-tasting experience while taking in the breathtaking views of Queenstown. From here, we'll touch down in the Cardrona Valley, where you will meet the rest of your group and continue by road. Throughout the afternoon, you'll enjoy three separate gin and spirit tasting experiences, with each location offering something special, including a distillery tour at the famous Cardrona Distillery. Enjoy a gin and tonic upon arrival, shared platters at two of the locations, and be hosted by a friendly guide and the tasting room staff, who will entertain you with distilling facts and stories.
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Private Tour Half Day Queenstown and Beyond Photography Tour

This is your chance to photograph one of the most spectacular and majestic places on Earth; Queenstown and the Southern Lakes. This Half-Day Private Photography Tour will take you to iconic locations you see in brochures as well as those special spots only a local would know, to explore and capture the beauty and splendour yourself. This tour is designed for photography enthusiasts and your guide is a passionate landscape photographer, with years of local knowledge.  Enjoy 4-5 hours visiting some of the most interesting and beautiful destinations around Queenstown. Your expert guide will help you with creative advice and show you how to get the most from your camera. The weather in this amazing region is constantly changing bringing many moods to the mountains, lakes, rivers and forests. Whatever the conditions we know where best to take you to capture unique scenes of outstanding natural beauty. Includes bonus take home guides on using your camera and how to compose great photos.
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Private Full Day Photo Tour of Queenstown | Skippers | Glenorchy | Wanaka |Otago

• This private photography tour provides a flexible itinerary. • Your guide holds the public liability insurance, first aid certification and Passenger Service license, which allows to carry and transport clients and are the legal requirements for running this kind of business safely. All of this provides confidence and peace of mind to the clients that this local business offers only the high quality, safe and enjoyable experiences.
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Half Day Private Skippers Canyon Photography Adventure

Journey with us into wild and remote Skippers Canyon. We'll take you on a photographic adventure into some of New Zealand's most spectacular and majestic landscapes and a ride through a window into our colourful gold mining past. This tour is perfect for photography enthusiasts, from beginners to the more advanced. Your guide will bring alive the history and the stories of this rugged region.  Includes take home guide to camera settings and guide to composing great photos. Whatever your level of proficiency they help you find inspirational vantage points and subjects and then work with you, giving you compositional tips and tricks, showing you the camera settings you need to compose amazing images. capturing a vision you'll be proud to take home.
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Paradise Day Walks

From Queenstown our first stop is the Bob’s Cove Nature Walk, a short distance from Queenstown with diverse native vegetation on the lakeshore zone, bustling with native bird life with the Remarkables mountain backdrop. We continue our drive on one of the most beautiful road journeys to the western end of Lake Wakatipu, where the stunning backdrop of Mt Aspiring National park surrounded by snow capped mountains lies before you to explore. Duration 7-7.5 hours, walk two trails experiencing the wonderful  diversity this region has to offer.
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Milford Sound Discovery Tour

This is effectively your own Private Tour for your small group or family group, gather your friends together and travel with us. We have been operating to Milford Sound for 15 years. We make your day special, unique photo stops, gourmet picnic lunches, personal service.
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Queenstown's Gin & Spirits Tasting Tour

We've finely curated a gin-tasting experience that includes a mix of tastings, scenery, fun, and education. Start your day by meeting your friendly guide at or near your Queenstown accommodation. From here, we will explore Cardrona, Arrowtown, and Queenstown, showcasing a talented range of distillers who use our unique environment to produce some of the smoothest and top award-winning spirits in New Zealand and around the world Throughout the afternoon, you'll enjoy three separate gin and spirit tasting experiences, with each location offering something special, including a distillery tour at the famous Cardrona Distillery. Enjoy a gin and tonic upon arrival, shared platters at two of the locations, and be hosted by an Altitude Tours guide and the tasting room staff, all of whom will educate and entertain you with distilling facts and stories.
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Cromwell Wine Tasting Tour using Classic Car

Qualmark Accredited Cromwell Classic Car Wine Tours is unique among Central Otago wine-tasting tours. This is no whirlwind mini bus tour crammed with strangers but two to four friends, family, or associates traveling in a Classic Mercedes 300SE. The Cromwell Basin has a remarkable story largely untold, overshadowed on most wine bottles by two words-Central Otago. The fact is the Cromwell Basin has by far Central Otago's largest concentration of vineyards and wineries. Over 40 at last count. World-recognized Pinot Noir as well as excellent Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon plus many more. All are produced from vines growing in the schist soils of the Cromwell Basin
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Gibbston Half-Day Private Wine Tour with Hotel Pickup

After complimentary accommodation pick-up, we will set off for the heart of Gibbston on a small private tour to visit four cellar doors and journey into the ‘valley of the vines’ to discover these vineyards nestled amongst the spectacular mountain ranges and dramatic river gorges. Before we get to the first winery there will be a stop at a scenic location and travellers will learn about wine-tasting techniques and wine aromas while soaking up the fabulous views. In one of the wineries, we will savour a vineyard platter or a cheese board to pair with the wines. There will be time for you to order more food if you think you need (at your own expense). We will visit boutique wineries that are off the beaten path. There is no set routine, so every day is an adventure. The choice of the wineries visited will vary each day based on your individual group's dynamics. The overall focus is on high-quality wines as well as friendly and informative staff.
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