Underwater World
📍 Queenstown, Otago
Time Tripper at Main Town Pier sits five metres under Lake Wakatipu. A 30-minute session combines a time-travel cinema through dinosaurs and Māori legend with 15 minutes of live viewing of slinky eels, diving ducks and rainbow trout.
Nice little spot to get up close with the fish and the diving ducks. You can also feed them. Great to see some large eels too.
🏆 Family Action Verdict
Kids who love dinosaurs and feeding animals respond well to the combination format. The eels and diving ducks deliver a genuinely close encounter at the underwater glass. The Main Town Pier location makes it a natural add-on to a day in central Queenstown. Not wheelchair accessible due to the two-flight stair descent.
ℹ️ What to Know Before You Go
💬 What Families Are Saying
View all reviews →13 Google reviews
Dec Fish
7 years ago
“Nice little spot to get up close with the fish and the diving ducks. You can also feed them. Great to see some large eels too.”
Jonathan Müller
3 years ago
“Now called "Time Tripper" at the Main Town Pier, a few meters south from what Google Maps is showing.”
A B
6 years ago
“Good for a family”
A C
7 years ago
“It is abit not worth for just how down to look for fish, which the fish was living in the lake. They have a paid feeder that u can see fish eating closely from the glass. See the bottom of the boat and thar's it.”
Reviews from Google
Overview
Two flights of stairs lead into the observatory where eels and diving ducks are visible through the glass before a cinema screen drops and the time-travel journey begins — 90 million years of geological history on rumbling seats. The session ends with a live feeding of eels, ducks and trout up close. Birthday party hire is available for up to 30 guests, with a free return voucher for the birthday child. Infants two and under enter free.
