Full Day Bannockburn Tour - Departing Queenstown (Route)

Operating Schedule: Tour Departure : 09.45am from Queenstown
Tour Return : 05:45pm back to Queenstown

1. 43 Camp Street
Outside Marmolada Cafe (departure point)

2. Oxbow Adventure Co
Opening times vary depending on demand. Bookings required. Oxbow Adventure Co offers Jet Sprint Boats, Ultimate Off-Roaders and Clay Bird Shooting to give all adrenaline Junkies an incredibly unique and unforgettable experience. Located between Gibbston Valley and the Cromwell Gorge

3. Goldfields Mining Centre
Opening Hours: May - August: 10am – 4pm September - April: 9am – 5pm. Bookings required. Goldfields Mining Centre: Explore the Goldfields and learn about the regions local history. Finish your visit by trying your luck at panning for gold.

4. Jones Family Fruit Stall
Currently closed for Winter Jones Family Fruit Stall: Taste Fruit Ports and real fruit ice-cream made from our own orchard, or wines from 7th Heaven, our vineyard in Bannockburn.

5. Highlands - Experience the Exceptional
Opening Hours: Monday – Saturday: 11am – 7pm (3pm on Saturdays). Bookings required for any activities. Highlands is a world class motorsport facility with experiences to match including ‘We-Drive’ or ‘U-Drive’ experiences, a Café, Museum and Loo with a View!

6. Cromwell Heritage Precinct
The Heritage Precinct has buildings from the 1860’s main street of the gold town of Cromwell. Explore the history, cafes, unique businesses and art spaces.

7. Pinot Junction
Currently closed for Winter A charming Italian Café and Restaurant in the Cromwell Heritage Precinct. Armando’s Kitchen serves fresh pizza, pasta, pastries and Italian coffee.

8. The Office Restaurant and Bar
Opening Hours: Friday – Sunday from 12 noon. The Office Restaurant and Bar delivers high quality food, a great selection of wine, beer, cocktails, coffee and the best bailey’s hot chocolates in Cromwell.

9. Misha’s Vineyard Tasting Room
Opening Hours: Everyday from 10am – 4pm except Wednesday from 12 noon. Bookings advised. Misha’s Vineyard is one of New Zealand’s Top 20 Wineries. Overlooking Lake Dunstan they offer Pinot Noir and several white wines from their single-vineyard estate. HoHo Special: 5 tastings (your selection from our range of 10 exceptional wines).

10. The Stoaker Room Cromwell
Open 7 days a week from 12-9pm. A true NZ Must Do! Try The Stoaker Rooms speciality, their world famous barrel cuisine and a signature 5 course banquet board, served with matching award winning Wild Earth Wines. A very tasty treat! HoHo

11. Wild Earth Wines Ltd
Cellar Door is open daily from 12 noon to 9pm. Opening hours are subject to change in winter months. Bookings required for groups larger than 6 people. Wild Earth is a boutique family owned winery who produce award winning Pinot Noir and also some wonderful examples of aromatic and vibrant Pinot Gris, elegant cool climate Chardonnay, dry and sweet style Rieslings and beautiful Pinot Noir Rosé. HoHo Special:

12. Scott Base Vineyard
Closed for renovations Scott Base Vineyard is a cosy venue wrapped in vines with stunning views. Taste wine and craft beer, or enjoy light bites and share platters. HoHo Special: Waived tasting fee with purchase of 2 bottles.

13. Wooing Tree Head Office
Open Tuesday - Sunday 11am – 5pm. Bookings recommended. The Wooing Tree Vineyard, a family owned pinot noir specialist. Well known for their ‘Blondie’ Blanc de Noir variety (Reese Witherspoon’s favourite NZ wine!) Also home of the famous wooing tree, where the locals used to woo their lovers.

14. River Rock Estate
Opening Hours: 11am – 5pm. Bookings required. Cromwell’s River Rock Estate, a boutique vineyard, winery and cellar door with luxury vineyard accommodation and Hot Pools complex. Also home of Tommy Cooper Port. Cellar door Tastings are free with an optional donation to NZ Falcon.

15. Mount Difficulty
Cellar Door and Restaurant open Wednesday - Sunday: 10.30am – 4pm. Bookings for lunch recommended. Mt Difficulty Wines is the essence of Central Otago with a stunning view to match. Best known for some of the oldest vineyard sites in the unique microclimate of Bannockburn. Tastings: full range of Mt Difficulty and Roaring Meg wines.

16. Domain Road Vineyard
Cellar Door Open Daily: 11am – 5pm. Bookings preferred. Domain Road Wine owners, Graeme and Gillian Crosbie and their families have had a long association with the area. Graeme’s great grandfather built gold dredges up in the Nevis, while Gillian’s mother was a teacher at the local school. They use many traditional methods in their winemaking. Tastings are free.

17. Desert Heart
Closed until October. The Desert Heart cellar door is an idyllic place to enjoy delicious food, exquisite wines and magnificent panoramic views including mountains and the Kawarau River. HoHo Special: $10 tasting fee waived if bottle is purchased.

18. Te Kano Estate
Open Thursday - Monday: 11am – 5pm. Bookings recommended - especially for groups. Te Kano Estate cellar door is in an award winning building. Te Kano is Maori for seed, reflecting their commitment to rejuvenate the land. Tastings are free.

19. Bannockburn Hotel - Wine Country Restaurant
Bannockburn Hotel, 2021 Regional Restaurant of the year, has over 230 wines available, many by the glass, and a sharing style Mediterranean/South Americas menu. Opening Hours: Wednesday – Saturday: 12 – 9pm (430pm on Sunday).

20. Black Rabbit
Open for lunch everyday. Closing times vary. Black Rabbit Café offers simple but tasty food 7 days a week. Look out for their daily specials. HoHo Special: 10% off all food excluding our daily board specials.

21. 247 Cairnmuir Road
Cellar Door open daily: 10am – 5pm. Restaurant opens Friday – Tuesday. Bookings required. Carrick Winery produces organic, wild-fermented, estate-grown within 1km of our Bannockburn winery. They offer tastings, tours, a restaurant and accommodation. Tastings: discount on purchases of 12 or more bottles.

22. Akarua Winery & Cellar Door
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10.30am to 4pm. Bookings required. Akarua is a family owned winery established in 1996. Akarua, meaning ‘two vines’ Te Reo Māori, has a cellar door in both Arrowtown and Bannockburn. Be immersed in the Akarua story at their Cellar Door within a working winery. Surrounded by ‘home block’ vineyards established by the Skeggs family in 1996, on picturesque Cairnmuir Road in Bannockburn.

Points of Interest

• Cromwell

• Air-conditioned transportation

• Alcoholic Beverages
• Lunch
• Tourist Attractions