Queenstown: Off-Road Self-Drive Buggy Tour with Wakatipu Views
Description
New Zealand's premium guided self-drive buggy experience – you drive, we guide. After a quick training session, follow your guide through steep climbs, creek crossings and forest tracks in our private off-road park, just 5 minutes from Queenstown. You will be surprised what these buggies can climb and conquer, even if it is your first time off-road. Enjoy hands-on driving, real capability, and stunning viewpoints over Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu. At lookout stops, we will help you grab photos before you get back behind the wheel. Return transfers from central Queenstown are included, and we provide all the gear you need, including helmets, eye protection, and gloves – just show up and enjoy the drive.
Tour Options
Itinerary
- Check in at the Off Road Adventures shop and meet your guide. - Transfer to the private adventure park (approx. 5 min drive).
- Gear up with helmet, eye protection, and gloves. - Safety briefing and hands-on training on the track. - Head out on the trails with your guide – steep climbs, creek crossings, corners, and forest tracks, with lookout stops over Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu. - Gear off and view your complimentary adventure photos on site.
Transfer back to central Queenstown.
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Minimum age: drivers 18+ with a full driving licence (NZ or international), passengers 4+
- Conversational English required to understand the safety briefing and follow your guide's instructions.
- Visa/Mastercard required for bond (no funds held).
Reviews(186)
Absolutely ripper of a time!!! I went with my 5 year old son and from the admin staff to the guide Diego everyone was so friendly. Diego was very informative and made the experience 10x better.
Cheers Danny, really appreciate you bringing your son out with us. Great to hear you both had a good time and that the team looked after you from start to finish. I’ll pass that on to Diego as well, he’ll be glad to hear it. Thanks again for the kind words.
Very hands-off instruction that trusted us to learn the vehicle. Great trail with lots to see and navigate. Fun hosts
WOW — what an awesome experience! An all-round great adventure from start to finish. The check-in was warm and welcoming, and the trip to the site was easy and close by. Diego (apologies if I’ve misspelled his name) was absolutely fantastic. He made us feel completely at ease as he drove us through the property, sharing insights and explaining everything along the way. The views were incredible as well. Highly recommend!
Diego gave a great tour with the buggy. He informed us how to operate it and we had no problems. Was a beautiful day and we loved the two stops to see the views. Highly recommend
Easy to check in. Transportation provided to the site. Our family of 6 including a 9-year old and a 13-year old loved it. Extremely dirty, I wish they would have provided a bandana or I would have brought my own. We were eating dirt for days. But it was SO fun!!!! Would highly recommend!
Thanks so much for the great review — and love the title 😄 Really glad the whole family had such a blast, especially with the kids getting properly involved. Apologies about the bandanas — we actually had them on order, but they only just arrived. If you’re still in Queenstown, feel free to pop into the shop and I can sort you out with some. Awesome to hear you still had such a fun time. Thanks for the recommendation, and hopefully we’ll see you back for another round sometime soon.
Our guide Diego was fantastic-showed us all the required training to enjoy the afternoon-we had a mix of young, middle aged and elderly in our group and all where accommodated well. A+ and for the single ladies out there AA++
Thanks for the great review. Diego’s excellent at tailoring the training to suit the whole group, so it’s good to hear everyone — across all ages — felt looked after and enjoyed the afternoon in the mountains. Really appreciate the recommendation and hope to see you back again.
Great fun. Challenging at times with wet muddy tracks but guides were helpful and reassuring. Good views from mountain top.
What an amazing experience!! Led by Stephan and Bas who really looked after our family of 7, this was simply epic.. We all had a fabulous time off-road in our buggies, getting dusty (which was a huge part of the fun!), but the views were amazing! Highly recommend!!
I did the family in one atv tour. Our guide Stefan was cool and let us have some fun since we did them before. Really fun experience. Way better than the atv tour we did while in Alaska. The tour takes you up to a great view of queenstown on top of the hill/mojntain and then they take you down back to the starting point. If you are in queenstown this a definite must do.
Stefan was a legend. What an exceptional tour guide! We wanted to drive side-by-sides (buggies) in New Zealand and have experience in the U.S. Stefan took us on some awesome trails that did not let us down. Highly recommend!!
Thanks so much for coming out with us! We’re thrilled to hear you had such a legendary experience and that Stefan made the tour so exceptional. It’s fantastic to know the trails lived up to expectations and that you all enjoyed driving the buggies. We really appreciate you sharing your experience and hope to welcome you back for more adventures soon!
