Attractions

For over forty-five years Puzzling World has been messing with people’s heads no matter what age, nationality or experience. With a mix of bizarre buildings, rooms of illusion and the world-famous Great Maze this attraction is designed to baffle your brain and challenge your perceptions of reality. Even if you only pay a visit to the extensive Puzzle Centre or New Zealand’s most unusual public toilets, your world will never be the same again…

The Wanaka region has world-renowned skifields to choose from and the largest heli-skiing area outside of North America.

• Cardrona Alpine Resort 
• Treble Cone
• Coronet Peak
• The Remarkables
• Snow Farm - New Zealand's first commercial Nordic ski facility; it has track skiing, tubing and a winter testing ground.

Oakridge Resort is the perfect Wanaka hotel accommodation for your South Island skiing experience. 

Wanaka ski transport shuttles are available daily throughout the ski season to take you from Wanaka to ski fields such as Cardrona and Treble Cone. Shuttle fares range from $28 one way to $35 return. Free accommodation pick-ups can be requested with advance bookings. For more details and booking information visit the following websites:

• Yello! Ski Transport
• Alpine ConneXion

Experience Lake Wanaka's beautiful scenery by bicycle - the area offers some of the most unforgettable road and mountain biking experiences in New Zealand. There are options for every ability from a casual meander around the lake to an exhilarating downhill forest ride - you're bound to find something to suit you! 

Take in breathtaking views over Lake Wanaka, Mount Aspiring/Tititea and surrounding peaks after a steep climb through alpine meadows and tussock grasslands to the summit. This is a popular track and one of our best day hikes. Fitness required: High Gradient: Steep​

16 km return via same track

Walking and tramping

5-6 h Easy: Walking track

Rubys Cinema & Bar is Wanaka's finest entertainment venue. We are situated at 50 Cardrona Valley Road, Wanaka. Phone us on 03 443 6901. When you walk into Rubys you are transported to a time when going to the pictures was an event.

With 2 Gold Class cinemas, Rubys offer’s the latest film releases, with some of the latest 3D technology and Art-House titles that include Independent productions and foreign movies.

At Rubys we offer you a slice of days gone by, a time when the food was good and simple, the drinks strong, and the service impeccable.

Indoors we have a Sport Climbing Wall with top rope and lead climbing, a bouldering room and Clip ’n Climb arena. Where climbing wall meets theme park, Clip ‘n Climb is like nothing you’ve climbed before. Automatic belays so everyone can climb at the same time, it’s never been easier to give climbing a go. Keep your children climbing our walls, not yours. We highly recommend booking for Clip ‘n Climb as space is limited. Sessions start on the hour, every hour. Outdoors we run introduction, top rope, lead and guided rock climbing and abseiling trips, in the beautiful Matukituki Valley. Call us to book your Rock Adventure!

Southern Alps hunting, as nature intended.

We have been bringing friends and family from around the world to this special place for many years. Now we are inviting guests to experience hunting in the Southern Alps of New Zealand like never before.

https://www.huntsouth.nz/