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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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Stuart Landsborough's Puzzling WorldCommercial organisation |
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South Island ▷ Wanaka Region ▷ Wanaka Township |
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7:00AM to 4:00PM |
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Payment RequirementIs there a cost for this experience or is it free? Paid access/participation The experience costs money to access or take part in. |
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Water SupplyIs there fresh water available? Water supply available A supply of fresh water is available. Tap |
They sell very good cake.
Edwin
Good fun, especially on a rainy day.
Sarah Smith
Shows you a lot of illusions.
Tina Hilbich
Had a blast here heaps of fun well done
Rjay
A good place to stop on route.
eowyn2k
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in February 2019
Customer
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in December 2017
Customer
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in February 2017
Customer
Really fun and reasonably cheap considering the amount of tourists around.
Great to spend a lot of the day there.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in December 2016
Customer
Great fun for the whole family.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in December 2016
Customer
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in November 2016
Customer
We visited 6 years and more exhibits have been added which is good.
Maze is a little bit rundown but till fun.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in January 2017
Customer
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in November 2016
Customer
Funny place to stay for a few hours.
Interesting illusions and many interactive things to do. Not a must see but nevertheless very nice.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in October 2016
Customer
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in October 2016
Customer
Fun for the kids and interesting for the adults.
Lots of optical illusions and curious things.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in October 2016
Customer
Illusion Rooms were very impressive.
And there was a big maze, it was really fun.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in March 2016
Customer
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in April 2012
Customer
Nice, thats all.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in March 2011
Customer
Nice, but that is it.
The 'grate maze' was hard and not so fun.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in February 2014
Customer
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in February 2019
Customer
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in December 2017
Customer
We visited 6 years and more exhibits have been added which is good.
Maze is a little bit rundown but till fun.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in January 2017
Customer
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in February 2017
Customer
Great fun for the whole family.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in December 2016
Customer
Really fun and reasonably cheap considering the amount of tourists around.
Great to spend a lot of the day there.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in December 2016
Customer
Funny place to stay for a few hours.
Interesting illusions and many interactive things to do. Not a must see but nevertheless very nice.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in October 2016
Customer
Fun for the kids and interesting for the adults.
Lots of optical illusions and curious things.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in October 2016
Customer
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in October 2016
Customer
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in November 2016
Customer
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in November 2016
Customer
Illusion Rooms were very impressive.
And there was a big maze, it was really fun.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in March 2016
Customer
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!!
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in March 2016
Customer
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in March 2016
Customer
Nice maze but just for children.
It is very hard to find the way out.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in March 2016
Customer
Interesting and fun, cheap $20, good option to do something different.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in March 2016
Customer
Very funny experience, they have a lot of optical illusions and puzzles and a very high maze.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in March 2016
Customer
Awesome fun not just for kids!
Lots of puzzles and illusions to play around with.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in March 2016
Customer
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.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in January 2016
Customer
Great place, too expensive, but a good time.
Reviewed over 3 years ago and experienced in January 2016
Customer