Featured Activities
The best things in life are free. Looking for something low-key? We’ve got you.
Wānaka has two disc golf courses – one 18 hole course at Lismore Park and another 9 hole course at Eely Point. The newest frisbee golf course at Lake Hawea is by the Gladstone Track and is marked with a stone marker. All you need is a frisbee – happy golfing!
Take the kids down to the wharf on the lakefront and if you look into the water at the end you’ll be impressed by the size and number of trout and native eels. For $2 you can buy fish food from Wānaka i-SITE Visitor Centre, but remember – this is a no fishing zone!
The Wānaka region is a great place to swim on a hot summers day. Lakes Wānaka and Hāwea offer a number of beach options suitable for the whole family with free BBQ’s around the lakes. While further afield the Blue Pools and Matukituki River offer options for the more hardy souls.
Lismore Jump Park is great for everyone with entry level rides as well as the big jumps for those who like it steep and tricky. Nearby Sticky Forest has a great network of mountain bike tracks for intermediate to advanced riders.
Rub shoulders with the locals, some of whom you might recognise, at the Wānaka Skate Park.
A favourite of local children for years, this park on the lakefront has a giant dinosaur slide, plus plenty of other rides to entertain the kids. There is a free BBQ beside the park and a nice shallow swimming beach for children right in front of the park.
Wānaka is the last place you’d think of when heading out for a surf! But with the right kayak or board, there’s massive amounts of fun to be had for kayakers, body-boarders and surfers on the Hāwea River Wave.
An attention grabbing tourist attraction which helps raise awareness and funds for the Breast Cancer Foundation of NZ. Donate a bra or better yet some money and while you’re there check out all the other things to do in Cardrona.
Find the most instagram-worthy spots around the Wānaka region including #thatwanakatree and Mt. Iron Track.
