Top Things to do in Queenstown
What to do and see in Queenstown, South Island: The Best Fun Activities & Games
Staggering beauty and heart-pumping thrills await in the resort town of Queenstown, which is also known for its Hobbits—much of the Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed in the area. Outdoor enthusiasts flock to Queenstown for the kayaking, bungee jumping, jetboating, white-water rafting, hiking and skiing. More mild-mannered adventurers can take a quiet cruise through nearby Milford Sound, part of the Fjordland National Park World Heritage area, or sample South Island pinot noir from one of the region's 75 wineries.
Restaurants in Queenstown
1. Break One
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 634 reviews
Break One Clay Target Sports offers a unique and exciting adventure like no other in Queenstown! Come and share our passion for Clay Target shooting and learn how to become a 'Top Gun' in our exclusive range. Experience the thrill of shooting Clay Targets amidst the stunning landscape in a secret valley on Queenstown Hill with Break One Clay Target Sports. Our professional, private and picturesque range, and our experienced instructors will guarantee you a unique and exciting adventure! Offering you courtesy transport, full instruction and coaching, and a variety of targets, your experience - either as a first time shooter or as a 'Top Gun', will leave you enthralled with Clay Target Shooting. No experience is required to have fun in our safe shooting range. We personally guarantee you will hit a target and have fun doing it!
Reviewed By U6356ZLsueh - Melbourne, Australia
Our group of novice shooters had an awesome clay target shooting experience at BreakOne. Steve was a fantastic guide - very enthusiastic and encouraging - and a great teacher! We had an epic afternoon!! Would highly recommend.
2. Queenstown Paintball
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 23 reviews
Queenstown Paintball- "if you've got the guts, we've got the balls". Queenstown Paintball offers settle the score between mates or fun for the whole family experience. Combining teamwork, strategy and quick thinking. A multitude of game scenario's offer a thrilling action packed experience.
3. Escape Quest Queenstown
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5.0 based on 509 reviews
Can you Escape the Room in time? Play our physical Escape Rooms or our virtual reality Escape Rooms! In our physical Escape Rooms you and your teammates will step into Queenstown’s 1860s gold rush, crack the codes, solve the puzzles and try to Escape in 60 minutes! Based on real crimes, places and people, play local history! Our physical games are immersive with integrated technology and mechanics, authentic handcrafted props and richly themed rooms. Our VR Escape Rooms are no video games! For an entire hour, you'll be fully immersed in a mind-blowing, virtual reality world. Together with your teammates, go on an amazing adventure and experience an Escape not possible in real life. With the latest technology including liquid cooled computers and laser tracked headsets and controllers, we deliver a stunning, leading edge VR Escape. Choose between our 7 missions. Race the clock and race in teams! What a rush! Victorian 1860’s or VR avatar team photos are included FREE with every game!
Reviewed By 369malcolmc - Waikanae, New Zealand
We stumbled across this when walking the city. The game here are all based around the gold rush era, The guy Dylan was awesome and very accommodating he explained the different quests we could do and very helpful. I do reccomend this ! We did the hardest level "murder in something"
4. The Playground
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 47 reviews
The Playground offers Bubble soccer, Ropes Challenge, Archery Combat, Human Foosball & Paintball in Queenstown at an affordable rate in one location. To provide your group of mates, tour group, stag/ hen's do or staff do with a memorable and fun experience. Choose from one or multiple activities to suit your budget.
Reviewed By Shan-Oz
What a fantastic business in Queenstown. Our group of 25 teenagers absolutely loved it and rated it as the best activity they did on an 11 day tour of New Zealand. We did the Ropes Challenge and Archery Combat, perfectly suited to our group. Event the four adult managers could get involved (and get some payback with the Archery Combat)! Penny & Aaron are wonderful to deal with, lots of fun and laughs. They were so accommodating and nothing was a bother for them. The facility is great, lots of open space to do all the activities and their office has toilets, water and a few small snacks for purchase. We will be putting The Playground on our regular itinerary from now on.
5. SITE Trampoline
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By 819mj - Dunedin, New Zealand
A very good indoor trampoline setup - a great rainy day activity for kids of all ages and anyone else keen to burn off some energy. Our 3.5 year old daughter had never been to a place like this before, but the staff were awesome in letting her know what to do (pretty much - just jump around!) and she was soon bouncing all over the place. There's a good range of tramps - from super-bouncy olympic-style tramps, to big soft pits & pads that the kids can launch themselves into. There's a small viewing platform for parents to watch from, although with the place pretty quiet, the staff welcomed us to roam around the place with our daughter which helped her to get confident with her leaping. We honestly thought our daughter would be bored after 15 minutes - but we had to drag her away after an hour of jumping! Decent value for money. Special shout-out to the awesome staff there on Friday morning!
6. Queenstown Skate Park
7. iFLY Queenstown
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 279 reviews
The rush of 100% pure flight at New Zealand’s first and only indoor skydiving facility. When you come to iFLY get ready to be blown away – literally. It’s thrilling. It’s amazing. Feel the rush of freefall as you float on a smooth column of air. There’s no parachute, no jumping, and nothing attaching you to Planet Earth. It’s just YOU, flying in the heart of New Zealand’s adventure capital.
Reviewed By 879allanl - Dunedin, New Zealand
Great experience from sign in, watching groups in front of us, putting our gear on,getting our briefing on the hand signals with Ash who was awesome and then into it, a real buzz from start to finish we enjoyed it hard out
8. Basecamp Adventures Queenstown Climbing Centre
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 12 reviews
Queenstown’s new Climbing Centre *Clip ‘n Climb arena with themed climbing challenges that provide exciting active entertainment for everyone. *Sport Climbing Wall has top-rope and lead climbing routes, plus an Olympic-style speed wall - there is no better place to climb, whatever your ability and experience. *200sqm of bouldering, with a huge variety of terrain including LED moonboard and cave
Reviewed By JosieB474
Really fun activity for the kids (and adults). Great variety of fun climbs, with different levels of challenges for everybody, not just your bog standard climbing wall. Fantastic staff - we made a very last minute booking, arrived a few minutes late, kid number three promptly threw up right at the entrance! The staff didn't stress at all, helped us clear up and got the other kids climbing straight away.
9. Lee van der Geest Art & Workshops
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 19 reviews
Lee van der Geest is a local Queenstown resident artist who sculpts and paints using a variety of mediums. Lee started her career as a florist and has since progressed to sculpture and painting. Her works are mostly inspired by nature, evident by her use of materials collected while exploring the Wakatipu Basin. Come and work with Lee in her cosy straw bale home to create your own unique piece of art. She has a variety of class options available to suit any and all levels.
Reviewed By E491VSsuew
I loved attending my first Wire Art class with Lee at her amazing home studio overlooking Lake Hayes. We got to choose what we would like to make and I made a fabulous wire heart and some funky flowers for my garden, the friends I went with all made gorgeous Christmas trees. It was a real hands on class with Lee there to show and guide us in making our pieces, she was an amazing tutor giving us one on one help when needed and ensuring we all made a masterpiece that we took away and were very proud of. She was a great host and treated us to delicious homemade baking and we could also view her amazing works of art in the studio and in her garden, she is certainly one clever lady. This is a great thing to do with a group of friends or by yourself as you are made to feel right at home whether just you or in a group. I would highly recommend going along to one of Lee's classes where you will go away feeling chuffed with yourself and what you have created and have fun doing it.
10. Skyline Queenstown
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 12,957 reviews
Take a ride in Queenstown’s iconic Gondola and immerse yourself in spectacular panoramic views of Queenstown and the surrounding mountains. But there’s more! When you get to the top, discover a host of family-friendly activities on offer. Get your fix of downhill fun with the Skyline Luge, settle in for a relaxing evening with the best of New Zealand and international cuisine at Stratosfare Restaurant & Bar, or journey into the hidden world of the night sky with Skyline’s guided Stargazing experience. Located an easy five minute walk from the centre of town, a visit to Skyline Queenstown is a must do!
Reviewed By MrNeville - Melbourne, Australia
The skyline is unbelievable, I highly recommend doing this if you’re in Queenstown, It give you amazing views up the top, great cafe with a lot of selections and the luge is a must. For kids 5 plus rides would be recommended but for adults I wouldn’t bother buying more than 3. It’s a good experience but the track isn’t that long. Highly recommend doing it all tho
