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    37 Shotover Street, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand
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    Nomad Safaris offers guided 4WD and Quad Bike tours around the Queenstown Lakes area. Half or full day and charter options are available. We offer very popular tours to Lord of The Rings filming locations where you can experience the phenomenon that is LOTR. We also run tours to Skippers Canyon or Macetown where you visit old goldmining ghost towns and hear about the unique history of pioneer New Zealand and have a go at goldpanning for yourself.

    About Nomad Safaris

    Nomad Safaris offers guided 4WD and Quad Bike tours around the Queenstown Lakes area. Half or full day and charter options are available. We offer very popular tours to Lord of The Rings filming locations where you can experience the phenomenon that is LOTR. We also run tours to Skippers Canyon or Macetown where you visit old goldmining ghost towns and hear about the unique history of pioneer New Zealand and have a go at goldpanning for yourself.
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    37 Shotover Street, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand
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    Reviewed 4 weeks ago
    Macetown trek

    My wife and I booked the Macetown tour for our last day in Queenstown. We are both really interested in the history of Queenstown and surrounding areas. We had already been to Skipper's Canyon and were looking for something a little different. The Macetown tour...More

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    Hello, thank you very much for your awesome review. Very well put, I am tempted to use those words on our website for Macetown trip information, lol. Thanks for sharing your experience and perspective about Macetown with other travelers. We would like to show more...More

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    Ask Jack O about Wakatipu Basin Lord of the Rings 4WD Tour from Queenstown
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    Reviewed 13 March 2018 via mobile
    Such a fun tour

    My partner and me had the chance to come on a Quad Bike Tour with Jamie and absolutely loved it! It's great value for money as you get a bit over 3 hours out of the trip with stunning views from Queenstown Hill. Definetly recommend...More

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    Hi Tina, thank you for your wonderful feedbacks. So glad to hear you enjoyed the quad bike tour with Jamie. I just passed on your kind words to Andre. Hope we will see you again on some of our other tours.

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    Reviewed 13 March 2018
    Lots of fun

    This was a last minute addition to our trip and was one of my husband's favorite things we did and we had an incredible trip! So much to see and amazing to learn about the early gold rush and what they had to go through...More

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    NomadSafarisQT, Front Office Manager at Nomad Safaris, responded to this reviewResponded 3 days ago

    Hi Margaret, thank you very much for your review. Glad to hear you both enjoyed the trip and learned the history of this area. Hope we will see you in Queenstown again.

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    Ask Keith H about Small-Group Historical Macetown 4WD Tour from Queenstown
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    Truong A
    18 April 2018|
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    Response from NomadSafarisQT | Property representative |
    Hi Truong, our tours like Queenstown Lord of The Rings - Wakatipu Basin, Glenorchy Lord Of The Rings, Skippers Canyon trip are fine for 18 month kids. We provide infant seats. Quad biking, Queenstown 360, and Macetown... More
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    vivienner_13
    9 March 2017|
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    Hi there, We have our Safari of the Scenes: Wakatipu Basin tour that does a few river crossings as well as other filming locations around the Queenstown area. We also have a Macetown Tour available, which is our most 4WD... More
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    Leo S
    1 December 2016|
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    Hey Leo, thank you for interested in our tours. We have 3 tours - Wakatipu Basin, Glenorchy and Sippers Canyon, all run morning and afternoon, rain or shine. Morning and afternoon departures are exactly the same. Wakatipu... More
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