Walter Peak Farm Tour: Scenic Cruise and Tea

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Embark on a scenic cruise to Walter Peak on the vintage steamship TSS Earnslaw. Meet and greet the animals at the working high country station and enjoy a farm show. Indulge in a classic country morning/afternoon tea with homemade scones and tea.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Lake Wakatipu - Travel across Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak High Country Farm and return.

What's Included

Cruise across lake on TSS Earnslaw (replacement vessel used 4th - 29th June 2024)
Farm tour at Walter Peak Homestead
Afternoon tea
Live commentary on board

What's Not Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Food and drinks, unless specified
Gratuities

Additional Information

Join us for a picturesque voyage to Walter Peak aboard the vintage TSS Earnslaw steamship. When you reach the bustling high country station, feel free to stroll around the area and acquaint yourself with the farm animals residing there. Our guides will provide engaging and enlightening commentary, and you’ll be entertained by a farm show illustrating…

Location

88 Beach Street

Beach Street

Please arrive 30 minutes before departure and queue directly outside the TSS Earnslaw, you will be checked in by name. (You are not required to check in at the office prior to this time)

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

4.6

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Heather_l

Oct 1, 2024

Fabulous family activity - It was a wonderful afternoon tour. The young children loved the steam boat and seeing all the animals. The farm show was excellent.

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Rosita_a

Sep 11, 2024

Memorable - Enjoyable cruise with plenty of photo opportunities of the fantastic sceneries, beautiful farm, great time feeding n touching the animals, & love the food served for afternoon tea. I didn’t expect a variety of finger foods including the yummy scones. Will definitely recommend this tour to family n friends.

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Delia_l

Sep 10, 2024

Amazing 🩷🩷 - I had such an enjoyable time even though it was bucketing down rain and freezing cold. The whole process to get on the TSS Earnslaw was smooth, the trip had beautiful views, and the tour guide Kevin on the farm was amazing. Having the opportunity to feed the animals was cute, they are well looked after and the guide was very informative about them. The farm team were very accomodating with the weather, as they couldn’t sheer sheep due to the rain, we had the opportunity to watch their talent farm dog Mist heard sheep. If you’re in QT, I would definitely reccomend this tour 🩷

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Aya_t

Sep 6, 2024

You should join farm tour not only cruise - We had a great experience during the tour, the farm tour was better than expected and the afternoon tea time was also a great time.

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60chikat

Sep 1, 2024

This cruise ship is not only a cruise, a lot more! - If you are thinking to take a cruise ship in Queenstown, you must choose this one along anyother cruise. You get to explore the olden day's steam ship inside, and get to see many farm animals otherside of the lake with this tour. On top of that, there was piano live in the cruise. Not only that, between the farm tour they provide buffet style of hand made sweets and savouries with drinks at the historical cute restaurant. They were amazingly tasty. Those above are all included in the tour fee, I think that was the best fee I paid for. Highly recommend to anyone, single, couple, family, and friends.

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Sherreyk

Aug 31, 2024

Happy experience feeding animals - Had a lovely day on rainy wet day. I had been to the farm many years ago. It’s grown so much and you get the chance to feed the animals.

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Ben

Aug 27, 2024

Surprisingly amazing! - Had a great time on this tour. The steam powered ship was amazing, the boat had an area where you could watch the steam engines working. The farm tour was Informative and you get to feed a bunch of animals, including highland cows that my wife loved (including the baby ones) The morning tea was way better than we expected it to be. Great value for money and a great day trip

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Foodntravelreviews

Sep 29, 2024

Very nice way to spend some time in Queenstown - I surprisingly enjoyed this activity. It was a great way to fill a few hours in Queenstown. The boat has a lot of history. There was live music and a cafe on board. Interesting to see the boiler room and how the steam boat runs ! After a leisurely 40 minutes you arrive at the farm. It is a gorgeous property and I loved walking around it. While I'm not much of an animal person I still enjoyed the farm tour and the views of the property. Afternoon tea was very nice , plenty of food. Not sure if the scones are an authentic recipe but tasty nonetheless. Only downside was the toilets . They were quite smelly and could do with a spruce and a refurb. Then a leisurely cruise back to Queenstown. The boat is packed and travellers can get quite pushy when lining up to get off the boat for some reason, so I suggest just hanging back a bit to avoid people standing right up against you.

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Masami_m

Jul 31, 2024

Breathtaking beautiful scenery from the cruise ship. - Beautiful scenery from on the ship. The mountains, the lake, the sky, the wind, everything was incredible.

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Christine_d

Jul 30, 2024

A beautiful boat ride - The beautiful scenery. The only thing that would have made it more pleasant would have been assigned seating on the boat. There were couples taking up booths for four people so there wasn’t enough seating for everyone.

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