Walter Peak Gourmet BBQ Lunch & Queenstown Lake Cruise
Description
A return scenic cruise from Queenstown Bay, across stunning Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak High Country Farm on a vessel of your choice, a farm demonstration and a delicious BBQ Lunch at the Colonel’s Homestead. The rural demonstrator will give guests an insight into life in the New Zealand high country by providing an entertaining farm show including working sheep dogs. Enjoy a unique dining experience at Walter Peak where the menu showcases food and wine from the wider Central Otago region. Chefs prepare a tasty selection of meats on the outdoor grill, while fresh, seasonal salads and vegetables are available from the dining area of the Colonel’s Homestead. Top off lunch with a selection of delicious sweet treats and local cheeses. Choose between sailing on the iconic 1912 TSS Earnslaw Steamship or the spacious and modern Spirit of Queenstown Catamaran.
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Itinerary
Return Cruise on Lake Wakatipu on the either the Vintage Steamship, the TSS Earnslaw or the Modern Catamaran, Spirit of Queenstown. Your vessel of choice will travel from Queenstown to Walter Peak. Stop at Walter Peak for lunch and a sheep shearing demonstration, before returning across the lake to Queenstown.
Enjoy a quintessential Kiwi experience – a delicious gourmet BBQ lunch and a farm demo in a stunning lakeside setting. Your lunch starts with a cruise across Lake Whakatipu to Walter Peak High Country Farm. Once there, you can sit back on the lakeside terrace of the Colonel’s Homestead Restaurant and savor the delicious aromas as our chef has the best of local produce, sizzling away on the grill. Our lunch menu has been refreshed with the introduction of our new executive chef, so you'll have a plenty to choose from our seasonal menu - salads, vegetables, succulent meat cooked on the outdoor rotisserie or grill. If you’re vegetarian, don’t worry, you are well catered for too. Then finish your meal with a scrumptious dessert. After your lunch, you can join an entertaining farm demonstration or explore the beautiful lakeside gardens. Return cruise back to your original starting point in Queenstown, convenient to continue exploring.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Note: Menu items are subject to change based on chef's discretion and seasonal availability.
- Note: Please let RealNZ know in advance if you have dietary requirements via messaging through Viator
- Note: The TSS Earnslaw is cash free and we reserve the right to refuse cash as a means of payment when purchasing products or services.
- Note: When the TSS Earnslaw is on survey, the modern catamaran will be substituted
- Note: The TSS Earnslaw will undergo annual maintenance between May 18th - June 27th 2026. The Spirit of Queenstown vessel will be available during this time
Reviews(1,361)
A great day out with something for everyone. My grandson loved the animal farm and the farm show. The buffet is cooked to perfection and very delicious. Would highly recommend
Lovely experience and the BBQ buffet certainly exceeded expectations!
What an amazing experience. My daughter and I had a wonderful time that started the moment we boarded the paddle boat, to the wonderful lunch followed by the farm talk/show. Would highly recommend this to anyone. The only drawback was the large number of people on the paddle boat for me took away some of the experience. Long lines to order tea and coffee along with the long lines and limited time to watch to engine room at work. Still a wonderful day.
I took my adult granddaughters snd they were so amazed at the experience…love love loved it…food was outstanding thankyou
I had a surprise proposal planned and the staff were amazing at making the day extra special with a few little surprises of their own. A magical day and I would recommend to anyone.
Amazing experience ! Beautiful old historical ship absolutely loved it and the working sheep station at Walter peak and show was fabulous as was the incredible buffet BBQ food highly recommend
This was a great tour. The trip over the lake on the steamboat was great. Buffet lunch was beautiful plenty of food and lots of choices. The farm show at the end was informative and good to watch.
Lovely boat ride and excellent meal. Some of the other tourists were clearly doing branding and photos for their business, which was a little disruptive, but everyone was polite and I imagine that’s outside the tour’s power. The lunch was a delicious buffet and the farm show was cute and entertaining, showing off how sheep dogs herd the sheep and how they shear the sheep.
The food was sensational and the sheep dog show was very good. We had a lovely time and would recommend the experience to anyone.
Fantastic experience with breath taking scenery everywhere & great friendly service throughout the day.
