Stuart Landsborough's Puzzling World Wanaka
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Stuart Landsborough's Puzzling World Wanaka
Offering the Great Maze, Illusion Rooms, Roman Toilets, Leaning Tower, Puzzle Centre & Gift Shop/Café, Puzzling World has eccentricity covered!
A great way to stretch the legs and mind is to visit the iconic attraction, Puzzling World, situated 2kms from Lake Wanaka.
Since 1973 this venture has been challenging people of all ages with its 1.5km Great Maze, intriguing them in the incredible Illusion Rooms and testing them in the Puzzle Café.
Offering a great day out for all ages, Puzzling World has welcomed over 2 million customers and continues to provide affordable entertainment that is world unique, making it a must-see on NZ tour itineraries.
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South Island ▷ Wanaka Region ▷ Wanaka Township |
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7:00AM to 4:00PM |
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Reviews
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4.5/5
Well that was fun!
Half a day rain spend inside, half a day sunny spend in the maze. Highly entertaining and definitely something else from all the nature and views ;) Worth the entree-fee. Enjoyable, felt like a kid. Crazy amount of puzzles in the cafe, nice extra treat.
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5.0/5
Maze and illusion room are great fun on a quieter day...especially if you get there upon opening.
On a busy day don't bother to do the paid entry, but do stopoff, stretch legs and refresh. There is a gift/souvenier shop, cafe and toilet to use, along with free puzzle tables in the welcome area to entertain while you wait.
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5.0/5
Very nice place for families as well as people without kids.
Cafe has limited selection but it was ok and you can solve various puzzles while you eat. Shop was plenty of interesting puzzles/toys/books.
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4.0/5
Really fun and reasonably cheap considering the amount of tourists around.
Great to spend a lot of the day there.
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4.5/5
Funny place to stay for a few hours.
Interesting illusions and many interactive things to do. Not a must see but nevertheless very nice.
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3.5/5
We visited 6 years and more exhibits have been added which is good.
Maze is a little bit rundown but till fun.
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4.0/5
Fun for the kids and interesting for the adults.
Lots of optical illusions and curious things.
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2.5/5
Not fussed on this attraction.
Only did illusion rooms not the maze. The hologram pictures haven't been updated since the 80s. Whole place seemed a bit dated. The Roman toilets were a hoot though.
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4.5/5
Well that was fun!
Half a day rain spend inside, half a day sunny spend in the maze. Highly entertaining and definitely something else from all the nature and views ;) Worth the entree-fee. Enjoyable, felt like a kid. Crazy amount of puzzles in the cafe, nice extra treat.
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5.0/5
Maze and illusion room are great fun on a quieter day...especially if you get there upon opening.
On a busy day don't bother to do the paid entry, but do stopoff, stretch legs and refresh. There is a gift/souvenier shop, cafe and toilet to use, along with free puzzle tables in the welcome area to entertain while you wait.
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3.5/5
We visited 6 years and more exhibits have been added which is good.
Maze is a little bit rundown but till fun.
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5.0/5
Very nice place for families as well as people without kids.
Cafe has limited selection but it was ok and you can solve various puzzles while you eat. Shop was plenty of interesting puzzles/toys/books.
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4.0/5
Really fun and reasonably cheap considering the amount of tourists around.
Great to spend a lot of the day there.
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4.5/5
Funny place to stay for a few hours.
Interesting illusions and many interactive things to do. Not a must see but nevertheless very nice.
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4.0/5
Fun for the kids and interesting for the adults.
Lots of optical illusions and curious things.
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4.0/5
Their claim to fame is the largest, life sized maze in the world!
Such a fun time trying to understand the puzzles of this venue. Your perception of this life will be challenged by the riddles of this place.
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4.5/5
Great fun for all ages, good value considering we spent three hours there and could have spent longer.
The full size maze was harder than it looks.
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4.5/5
On a rainy day in Wanaka we went to the Puzzling World, it was really interesting with the maze and the illusion room, $20 for the maze and adventure rooms.
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5.0/5
Illusion Rooms were very impressive.
And there was a big maze, it was really fun.
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4.0/5
Very funny and unexpected museum in Wanaka.
I spent a great time to see all the illusions and the exhibitions. The maze was not easy to finish quickly. I will recommend it for sure!!
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4.0/5
Good activity for a rainy day.
Fun rooms to explore and you can get some funny photos. Maze is outside and took us 40 minutes, not as easy as you would think.
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4.5/5
Very funny experience, they have a lot of optical illusions and puzzles and a very high maze.
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4.0/5
Very puzzled, we paid for tickets but found we could have just entered the maze and the illusions for free as there were no ticket checks.
Great maze.
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4.0/5
It was like being a child again for the afternoon, trying to find our way through the adult sized maze.
The illusions rooms was also interesting and confusing, in a good way!
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5.0/5
Great 3D maze, needed more than one hour for the easy course, funny and interesting illusion rooms and a lot of games in the lobby.
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5.0/5
I was told to go here so I did.
It was a fun stop after a nice drive to Wanaka from Queenstown on a nice day. I was travelling solo so my photos were not great but there are many opportunities for selfies here. The large puzzles were mind blowing, such as the spiral with the ball, and I spent over an hour walking around enjoying the sights. It is a good place for the family and I would recommend it to other people.
A fun stop.
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5.0/5
A lot of fun for the kids.
The maze was exciting for the whole family. Kids did not want to leave.
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4.0/5
Before you go in, you can already work your brain with the puzzles in the general/coffee area!!
Illusion rooms are great fun (if not too crowded). Take your time and try to get some nice pictures.
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4.5/5
Even after studying in a 'physics-related' field, this museum was able to amaze me and question how we see the world.
In the Labyrinth at the end I felt like a little kid again and had a blast.
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