Wanaka: Puzzles, Beer and Toys

Love or Hate?

Wanaka is a town in the Otago region.  We reached Wanaka at night, after pressed on from Mount Cook. The next morning, after preparing lunch box for ourselves, we made our first stop - the popular family fun activity at Puzzling World.

Puzzling World is set divided into two parts - The Great Maze (Labyrinth) and Illusion Rooms. Entry fees for both cost NZ$17.50 for adult. Otherwise it is charged at NZ$14 respectively individually.

Our strategy was to go to tackle the labyrinth first in the morning before it gets too hot.

As we are such a noob at this, grin - we only did the Standard Challenge.

Promise I didn't zoom in from the other corner of the labyrinth.

At the Puzzle Centre and Cafe, one get to enjoy some food (from memory, only food bought from cafe can be consumed at this cafe) and play with the puzzles provided on the table. There's a separate eating area if you bring your own food.

The Puzzling World is built thoughtfully - as even the public toilet is made Roman-Style. Fun and entertaining.

Inside the Illusion Rooms, it was again divided into a few smaller sections. One of them is this Hall of Following Faces.

Raised or Concave? ;)

After spending slightly over 3 hours at this fun-filled giant puzzle place, we were on our way again. The other two places sis has listed down as activity was Beerworks and a Toy Museum. Both place are actually located side by side.

 I poked my head inside Beerworks, there was an explanation session runnning at the time and we didn't really want to wait, so we walked over the the Toy Museum next door. According to it's own website, it is said to be the biggest private, open to public collection in the Southern Hemisphere.



These are the shops bits, therefore no entrance fee required.

Say Hi to Papa Smurf

Entrance fee applied from here onwards, as these are the museum bits - Adults NZ$15 pp, school age child NZ$5 pp, and Family NZ$35. Under 5 years Free. We were being cheapskate and skipped this bits though we made a coffee stop. Mmm..I'll say get your coffee elsewhere, unfortunately.

 

 

 

Side note: I have no self control over food >.<"