Nomad Safaris

Nomad Safaris

Nomad Safaris

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Nomad Safaris

Explore the New Zealand high country with the Professional Adventurers!

Nomad Safaris operates 4WD tours using a fleet of modern off-road vehicles. With either half or full-day tours, Nomad Safaris offers off-road adventures around the Queenstown area. Nomad Safaris 4WD tours encompass everything from Lord of the Rings tours to historical gold mining tours. Our 4WD tours explore locations around Queenstown, including Arrowtown, Glenorchy, Paradise. We also visit stunning back-country locations such as Skippers Canyon and Macetown.

With us you can explore Lord of the Rings filming locations and Otago gold mining settlements. You will witness stunning Southern Lakes scenery, from Lake Wakatipu to the Shotover and Arrow Rivers. We will also explore the Remarkable Mountains, Fiordland beech forests and stunning Aotearoa skyscapes. We will tell you about New Zealand Maori folklore and European pioneer culture while painting a vivid picture of this wonderful land.
All this is on offer while you relax in the comfort and warmth of our true offroad vehicles. We use Land Rover Defenders and Toyota Landcruisers which are specifically built to handle the various types of 4WD terrain we take you to. Each of our 4WD vehicles holds up to six passengers so your time with us is very personal. We love to tell stories about Lord of the Rings and our beautiful lands to create special memories for you.

We will show you the beauty and magic of New Zealand. You’ll feel forever connected with this small country at the bottom of the world. You’ll be wishing you did not have to go back to your own reality.

Welcome to our reality.

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Nomad Safaris

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Location

South IslandQueenstown RegionQueenstown Township

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  • Original4WD Adventures

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-45.0321672254876

168.658010959625

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-45.0321672254876
Longitude
168.658010959625

Reviews

    • Awesome tour with funny + nice guide.
    • Trip to Macetown.
    • Really nice quad bikes!
    • This company is great.
    • Very small, intimate group.
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    9/10 3
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  • 4.5/5

    My Indonesian clients considered this to be one of the top experiences on their 11 day tour in NZ.

    Thank you Justin and Gavin.

    I highly recommend.

    Ross

    Reviewed about 1 year ago

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    Ross

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Trip to Macetown.

    Autumn colours spectacular. Amazing informative guide / driver (Brent) who made our day special.

    Highly recommend for those who have an interest in Arrowtown history and like adventure. Thanks Brent for a memorable day! You made our day with so many laughs. 😊

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

    Helen Bye's avatar

    Helen Bye

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    friendly and helpful hosts, interesting information.

    we had some picture taken at the shooting spot which is quite cool. hosts also very kindly tell us other facts about the lake wakatipu which i find interesting as well.

    Reviewed over 6 years ago and experienced in February 2018

    AUSTRALIA
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    nyssa halim

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Wonderful tour in a 4 x 4 with a very good guide Amazing landscapes, lots of stories about the movie making.

    Reviewed about 8 years ago and experienced in March 2016

    FRANCE
    Heidi et Mat's avatar

    Heidi et Mat

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    This company is great.

    We did Skippers Canyon Land Rover 4 hour tour. Scenery and drive is spectacular (see their website or brochures).

    We got a pickup in Arrowtown and a great driver guide (Paul). Great Insights, humor and driving. It isn't cheap $175pp but if you are budgeting for peak experiences do this.

    Reviewed almost 10 years ago

    CZECH REPUBLIC
    Ron Clarke's avatar

    Ron Clarke

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    I did the skippers canyon 4WD tour and the quad biking two days later, the Guides were so friendly and had so many brilliant stories about the frontier days of queenstown and the surrounding area.

    the skippers canyon is amazing, I even had a go at panning for gold! The quad bike ride was really fun, i'd personally recomend a wet day so you can ride through all the puddles and splash through the mud! but thats just my opinion! Queenstown is AWESOME!

    Reviewed almost 13 years ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
    nathan_carr's avatar

    nathan_carr

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Great serice and nice guides but driving experience not extraordinary (and a tad short 1 1/2 hr out of 3 1/2).

    Reviewed almost 14 years ago and experienced in February 2010

    SWEDEN
    Mathias's avatar

    Mathias

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Good powerful bikes and beautiful scenery up the mountain!

    But instructors needa loosen up a little. Ride is a tad short.

    Reviewed over 13 years ago

    SINGAPORE
    Dexter's avatar

    Dexter

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Nice ATV tour in a great environment, but somewhat standard tourism event.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in February 2012

    GERMANY
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    Uwe Herrdum

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    Nice guide but sounded like his knowledge came out of a book.

    Wasn't a Kiwi either which I found disappointing.

    Reviewed over 16 years ago

    GERMANY
    Anke Bohrer's avatar

    Anke Bohrer

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    My Indonesian clients considered this to be one of the top experiences on their 11 day tour in NZ.

    Thank you Justin and Gavin.

    I highly recommend.

    Ross

    Reviewed about 1 year ago

    Ross's avatar

    Ross

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Trip to Macetown.

    Autumn colours spectacular. Amazing informative guide / driver (Brent) who made our day special.

    Highly recommend for those who have an interest in Arrowtown history and like adventure. Thanks Brent for a memorable day! You made our day with so many laughs. 😊

    Reviewed over 1 year ago

    Helen Bye's avatar

    Helen Bye

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    friendly and helpful hosts, interesting information.

    we had some picture taken at the shooting spot which is quite cool. hosts also very kindly tell us other facts about the lake wakatipu which i find interesting as well.

    Reviewed over 6 years ago and experienced in February 2018

    AUSTRALIA
    nyssa halim's avatar

    nyssa halim

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Wonderful tour in a 4 x 4 with a very good guide Amazing landscapes, lots of stories about the movie making.

    Reviewed about 8 years ago and experienced in March 2016

    FRANCE
    Heidi et Mat's avatar

    Heidi et Mat

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    This company is great.

    We did Skippers Canyon Land Rover 4 hour tour. Scenery and drive is spectacular (see their website or brochures).

    We got a pickup in Arrowtown and a great driver guide (Paul). Great Insights, humor and driving. It isn't cheap $175pp but if you are budgeting for peak experiences do this.

    Reviewed almost 10 years ago

    CZECH REPUBLIC
    Ron Clarke's avatar

    Ron Clarke

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Nice ATV tour in a great environment, but somewhat standard tourism event.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in February 2012

    GERMANY
    Uwe Herrdum's avatar

    Uwe Herrdum

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    I did the skippers canyon 4WD tour and the quad biking two days later, the Guides were so friendly and had so many brilliant stories about the frontier days of queenstown and the surrounding area.

    the skippers canyon is amazing, I even had a go at panning for gold! The quad bike ride was really fun, i'd personally recomend a wet day so you can ride through all the puddles and splash through the mud! but thats just my opinion! Queenstown is AWESOME!

    Reviewed almost 13 years ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
    nathan_carr's avatar

    nathan_carr

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Good powerful bikes and beautiful scenery up the mountain!

    But instructors needa loosen up a little. Ride is a tad short.

    Reviewed over 13 years ago

    SINGAPORE
    Dexter's avatar

    Dexter

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Great serice and nice guides but driving experience not extraordinary (and a tad short 1 1/2 hr out of 3 1/2).

    Reviewed almost 14 years ago and experienced in February 2010

    SWEDEN
    Mathias's avatar

    Mathias

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Really nice quad bikes!

    Got pretty dirty!

    Reviewed over 14 years ago

    SWITZERLAND
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    marcoswi

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Very small, intimate group.

    Friendly driver who could use a little more enthusiasm for the LOTR part of the tour. Great drive through nature.

    Reviewed over 15 years ago

    GERMANY
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    stephanie

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Awesome tour with funny + nice guide.

    More information (and maybe some more 'inside' stories) about the movies and the sets would have improved the tour.

    Reviewed almost 16 years ago

    GERMANY
    Carrie's avatar

    Carrie

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Nikki, our guide was awesome and very knowledgeable about the local area and our tour which included Lord of the Rings scenery.

    She made sure our whole family enjoyed the time spent. Went straight home and watched the movies again. Fun and enjoyable day.

    Reviewed almost 16 years ago

    AUSTRALIA
    Michelle's avatar

    Michelle

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    This was good, although I probably wouldn't do it again.

    I expected more offroading. Good for those people that don't have their own rental car or motorhome.

    Reviewed about 16 years ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
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    Jan

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    Nice guide but sounded like his knowledge came out of a book.

    Wasn't a Kiwi either which I found disappointing.

    Reviewed over 16 years ago

    GERMANY
    Anke Bohrer's avatar

    Anke Bohrer

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    Lord of the Rings tour.

    Friendly but they don't take you to the actual location but somewhat close - almost there. Frustrating.

    Reviewed over 16 years ago

    SWITZERLAND
    Stephanie's avatar

    Stephanie

    Customer