Things To Do With Kids in Canterbury
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Trains & Railways
Halswell Miniature Trains (C.S.M.E.E.)
π Halswell, Canterbury
Volunteer-run miniature trains at Halswell Domain, Christchurch.
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Horse Riding
Mariska Lochead - Equestrian services & trekking
π Spencerville, Canterbury
Beginner-friendly horse trekking through Spencerville forest and beach.
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Arcades & Amusements
Escape Artists Christchurch
π Christchurch Central City, Canterbury
Seven escape rooms in central Christchurch - 2 to 6 players per room.
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Zoos & Wildlife
Shamarra Alpacas
π Akaroa, Canterbury
Award-winning alpaca farm tours on the Banks Peninsula above Akaroa.
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Horse Riding
Mountain Horses Outfitters (former Pukatea Horse Trekking)
π Hanmer Springs, Canterbury
Wilderness horse trekking in St James Conservation Area, near Hanmer Springs.
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Indoor Play Centres
Zone 67
π Woolston, Canterbury
Indoor airsoft, gel blaster, and combat archery arena in Christchurch.
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4.9 (403)$39 pp - 1 Hour Game!
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Mini Golf
Alice in Putterland
π New Brighton, Canterbury
Alice in Wonderland themed mini golf with UV rooms and challenge wheels.
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4.9 (368)$10-$15
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Horse Riding
Mackenzie Alpine Horses
π Lake Tekapo, Canterbury
Guided horse treks above Lake Tekapo with Mt John ridge views.
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Arcades & Amusements
Escape Rooms Christchurch
π Waltham, Canterbury
90-minute escape rooms in Christchurch - NZ's only 90-minute format.
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Horse Riding
Rubicon Valley Horse Treks
π Springfield, Canterbury
High-country horse treks at Springfield with veteran guide Chris Lowe.
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Zoos & Wildlife
Pony Parties & Farmyard Friends
π Christchurch, Canterbury
Mobile pony party service in Christchurch, plus indoor party venue.
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Mini Golf
Fillin' Holes
π Christchurch Central City, Canterbury
Construction-themed mini-golf course in central Christchurch.
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4.9 (196)$30-$50
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Horse Riding
Real Kiwi Horse Trekking
π Fairlie, Canterbury
Family-run horse trekking through forest and farmland near Fairlie.
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Horse Riding
High Country Horse Adventures - Lake Coleridge
π Lake Coleridge, Canterbury
High-country horse trekking from Lake Coleridge - day rides and multi-day treks.
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Zoos & Wildlife
Sherlin Alpaca Stud
π West Melton, Canterbury
Walk-in alpaca farm tours 15 minutes from Christchurch.
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Playgrounds
The Margaret Mahy Family Playground
π Christchurch Central City, Canterbury
Outstanding all-ages playground with water play and adventure equipment.
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Arcades & Amusements
Archie Brothers Christchurch
π Christchurch Central City, Canterbury
Bowling, arcade, and mini-golf at EntX in central Christchurch.
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Cinemas
Alice Cinema & Film Specialists
π Christchurch Central City, Canterbury
Independent cinema and DVD library on Tuam Street, Christchurch.
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Lumière Cinemas
π Christchurch Central City, Canterbury
Independent cinema in central Christchurch with intimate Bardot room.
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Arcades & Amusements
Timezone Christchurch Central
π Christchurch Central City, Canterbury
Arcade, laser tag, mini bowling and prize vault in central Christchurch.
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4.8 (580)$6-$110
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Rock Climbing
Uprising
π Waltham, Canterbury
Bouldering gym, yoga studio, and fitness centre on Ferry Road, Christchurch.
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Museums & Landmarks
Britten Museum
π Christchurch Central City, Canterbury
Christchurch museum dedicated to John Britten and his motorcycles.
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Indoor Play Centres
Dice & Slice
π Christchurch Central City, Canterbury
Boardgame bar and pizzeria in central Christchurch - 250+ games.
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Go Karting
Velocity Karts
π Bexley, Canterbury
Wind-powered blokart land sailing - unique to New Zealand.
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- A-Maze-N-Golf, Hanmer Springs
- Abberley Park Paddling Pool, Saint Albans
- Action Indoor Sports Stadiums, Waltham
- Action Kart Raceway, Harewood
- Action Sports & Leisure Hornby, Sockburn (temporarily closed)
- Adrenalin Forest Christchurch, Spencerville
- Adventure Ave, Richmond
- Air Force Museum of New Zealand, Wigram
- Akaroa Cinema, Akaroa
- Akaroa Mini Golf, Akaroa
- Akaroa Museum, Akaroa
- Alice Cinema & Film Specialists, Christchurch Central City
- Alice in Putterland, New Brighton
- Alpine Crazy Putt & Village Cruisers, Hanmer Springs
- Alpine Horse Safaris, The Peaks
- Alpine Ice Sports Centre, Opawa
- Apollo Lincoln Cinema, Lincoln
- Archie Brothers Christchurch, Christchurch Central City
- Arion Farm Education Park, Christchurch
- Auburndale Horse Riding, Lincoln
- Avebury Park, Richmond
- Aviemore Park Playground, Marshland
- Avon Park Playground, Avonside
- Avonhead Park, Avonhead
- Barrington Park Playground - South, Spreydon
- Berlin Wall Pieces, Christchurch Central City
- Bishopdale Park Playground, Bishopdale
- Botanic Gardens Playground, Christchurch Central City
- Boulder Co. Christchurch, Riccarton
- Britten Museum, Christchurch Central City
- Broad Park, Waimairi Beach
- Broken Run Playground, Wigram
- Bronco Playground, Halswell
- Broomfield Playground, Broomfield
- Build-A-Bear Workshop, Northlands
- Bullock Reserve Children's playground, Ilam
- Burnside Park, Burnside
- Burnside Park Playground, Burnside
- Canterbury Museum, Christchurch Central City
- Cardboard Cathedral, Christchurch Central City
- Cashmere Playground, Cashmere
- Centaurus Park, Saint Martins
- Centaurus Park Playground, Saint Martins
- Centennial Park Playground, Somerfield
- Champion Reserve Playground, Edgeware
- Chipmunks Playland & Cafe Papanui, Redwood
- Chipmunks Playland & CafΓ© Rangiora, Rangiora
- Chipmunks Playland & CafΓ© Rolleston, Rolleston
- Chipmunks Playland & CafΓ© Wigram, Hornby
- Christchurch Adventure Park, Cracroft
- Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o WaiwhetΕ«, Christchurch Central City
- Christchurch Botanic Gardens, Christchurch Central City
- Christchurch Icelandic Horse Treks, Brooklands
- Christchurch Surf Lessons, Christchurch
- Christchurch Tram, Christchurch Central City
- Clip 'n Climb Christchurch, Sydenham
- CoCA - Centre of Contemporary Art Toi Moroki, Christchurch Central City
- Colman Reserve Playground, Sockburn
- Crosbie Park, Avonhead
- Crosbie Park Playground, Avonhead
- Crossley Ave Playground, Wo
- Culverden Adventure Playground, Culverden
- Deluxe Cinemas at The Tannery, Woolston
- Dice & Slice, Christchurch Central City
- Dudley Park Aquatic Centre, Rangiora
- Edgar MacIntosh Park, Bryndwr
- Elmwood Park Playground, Merivale
- Englefield Reserve Playground, Northwood
- EntX, Christchurch Central City
- Ernle Clark Reserve, Somerfield
- Escape Artists Christchurch, Christchurch Central City
- Escape Rooms Christchurch, Waltham
- Farmyard @ Rock Creek, Little River
- Fendalton Park Playground, Fendalton
- Ferrier Park, Avonhead
- Ferrymead Golf, Ferrymead
- Ferrymead Heritage Park, Ferrymead
- Ferrymead Railway, Heathcote Valley
- Fillin' Holes, Christchurch Central City
- Flips & Tumbles NZ (Christchurch), Wigram
- Foster Park Adventure Playground, Rolleston
- Full Montyβs Rolleston, Rolleston
- Galaxy Arcade, Christchurch
- Game Over Christchurch, Riccarton
- Glenlothian Farm, West Melton
- Golf Warehouse Driving Range & Minigolf - Riccarton Park, Broomfield
- Graham Condon Recreation and Sport Centre, Papanui
- Greenaway Park, Halswell
- GridGames Christchurch, Riccarton
- Halswell Domain Playground, Halswell
- Halswell Miniature Trains (C.S.M.E.E.), Halswell
- Hanmer Springs Animal Park, Hanmer Springs
- Hansen Park, Opawa
- Hansen Park Playground, Opawa
- He Puna Taimoana Hot Pools, New Brighton
- Heathcote Domain Playground, Heathcote Valley
- High Country Horse Adventures - Lake Coleridge, Lake Coleridge
- Hillsborough Park Playground, Hillsborough
- Holey Moley Golf Club Christchurch, Christchurch Central City
- Holliss Reserve Playground, Cashmere
- Hoyts EntX, Christchurch Central City
- HOYTS Northlands, Papanui
- Hoyts Riccarton, Riccarton
- ICE Trampoline Rangiora, Rangiora
- Illuminate Light And Sound Experience, Christchurch Central City
- Inflatable World Christchurch Central, Waltham
- Inflatable World Hornby, Hei Hei (temporarily closed)
- International Antarctic Centre, Christchurch Airport
- Jeffreys Reserve, Fendalton
- Jellie Park Playground, Burnside
- Jellie Park Recreation and Sports Centre, Burnside (temporarily closed)
- Jellie Park Skate Park, Burnside
- Jurassic Adventure, Hillsborough
- Kaiapoi Aquatic Centre, Kaiapoi
- Kartsport Canterbury Race Track, Halswell
- King George V Reserve, Hillsborough
- Kinsella Reserve Playground, Halswell
- Knights Stream Park, Halswell
- Lake Tekapo Petting Zoo, Lake Tekapo
- Laser Strike, Sydenham
- Launch Pad Trampoline Park, Papanui
- Living Springs Farm Parks, Allandale
- Longhurst Playground, Halswell
- Lumière Cinemas, Christchurch Central City
- Lyttelton Playground, Lyttelton
- MacFarlane Park Playground, Mairehau
- Mackenzie Alpine Horses, Lake Tekapo
- Maris Equestrian, Templeton
- Mariska Lochead - Equestrian services & trekking, Spencerville
- Masham Reserve Playground, Broomfield
- Matatiki Hornby Centre - Pool & Customer Services, Hornby
- McLeans Island Miniature Trains (CLS), McLeans Island
- MCLEANS ISLAND PAINTBALL, McLeans Island
- McMillan's Aquatic Centre (MAC's), Bromley
- Mega Air Trampoline Arena, Hei Hei (temporarily closed)
- Merivale Reserve, Merivale
- Messy Mates Christchurch, Hornby
- Mike Pero's Motorcycle Gallery, Avonhead
- Mountain Horses Outfitters (former Pukatea Horse Trekking), Hanmer Springs
- MoveX Trampoline and Ninja Park, Bromley (closed)
- Murchison Park Childrens Playground, Redwood
- Neil Graham Park, Halswell
- Ngaio Marsh House, Cashmere
- Ninja Valley | Christchurch, Christchurch
- Norman Kirk Memorial Pool, Lyttelton
- Northbrook Museum, Rangiora
- Okains Bay Museum, Okains Bay
- Orana Wildlife Park, Christchurch
- Oxford Museum, Oxford
- Paeroa Reserve Playground, Riccarton
- Pakihi Park Playground, Wigram
- Parakiore Recreation and Sports Centre, Christchurch Central City
- Parera Park, Wigram
- Patterson Park Childrens Playground, Halswell
- Phatsk8 Roller Discos, Canterbury
- Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre, Somerfield
- Playground, Corsair Bay
- Pleasant Point Museum and Railway, Pleasant Point
- Plynlimon Park Playground, Strowan
- Pony Parties & Farmyard Friends, Christchurch
- Preston Downs Playground
- Quake City, Christchurch Central City
- Queen Elizabeth II Park, North New Brighton
- Queenspark Reserve, Parklands
- Ravenscar House Museum, Christchurch Central City
- Ray Blank Park Playground, Ilam
- Reading Cinemas Christchurch, Shirley
- Real Kiwi Horse Trekking, Fairlie
- Real New Zealand Farm Tours, Christchurch Central City
- Redwood Springs Park, Redwood
- Rewi Alley Museum, Christchurch Central City
- Richmond Hill Ferrymead Golf Club, Ferrymead
- Richmond Playground, Richmond
- Riding for the Disabled, Hillmorton
- Rollerdrome, Hornby
- Rolleston Skate Park, Rolleston
- Rubicon Valley Horse Treks, Springfield
- Running Grid Christchurch, Riccarton
- Rutherford's Den, Christchurch Central City
- Rutland Reserve, Saint Albans
- Saddles and Sanctuary, Belfast
- Scarborough paddling Pool, Sumner
- Scott Park Playground, Halswell
- Selwyn Aquatic Centre, Rolleston
- Selwyn Sports Centre, Rolleston
- Shamarra Alpacas, Akaroa
- Shamrock Reserve Playground, Halswell
- Sherlin Alpaca Stud, West Melton
- Silky Otter Cinemas Wigram, Wigram
- Silverstream Alpaca Farm Stay & Farm Tour, Kaiapoi
- Sir Edmund Hillary Explorer, Christchurch Central City
- Sockburn Park Recreation Centre, Sockburn
- South New Brighton Park, South New Brighton
- St. Albans Park Playground - South, Edgeware
- Styx River Farm, Ouruhia
- Sumnervale Reserve Playground, Sumner
- Supa Karts - Next Level Karting, Sydenham
- Taiora QEII Recreation and Sport Centre, New Brighton
- Talbot Reserve Playground, Halswell
- Tautoru Park Playground, Wigram
- Te HΔpua Halswell Summer Pool, Halswell (temporarily closed)
- Te Pou Toetoe Linwood Pool, Linwood
- Te Whariki Playground, Lincoln
- Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities, Christchurch Central City
- Tekapo Springs & Stargazing, Lake Tekapo
- Templeton Swimming Pool, Templeton (temporarily closed)
- The Adventure Centre, Sydenham
- The Margaret Mahy Family Playground, Christchurch Central City
- The Physics Room, Christchurch Central City
- The Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum, Tinwald
- Thompson Skate Park, North New Brighton
- Thomson Park Playground, New Brighton
- Timezone Christchurch Central, Christchurch Central City
- Timezone Riccarton, Riccarton
- Toorak Reserve Playground, Avonhead
- Town Hall Cinemas, Rangiora
- Tramway Historical Society Inc, Ferrymead
- TranzAlpine: Scenic Train Christchurch - Greymouth, Addington
- Twizel Petting Zoo, Twizel
- Uprising, Waltham
- Vanished World Centre, Duntroon
- Velocity Karts, Bexley
- Victoria Park Playground, Cashmere
- Volcano Park Mini Golf, Ferrymead
- Waimairi Beach Playground, Waimairi Beach
- Waipara Playground, Cracroft
- Walnut Tree Park, Christchurch Central City
- Walter Park Playground, Mairehau
- Waltham Summer Pool, Waltham
- Waltham Swimming Pool, Waltham (temporarily closed)
- Wandle street Playground/Park, Marshland
- Warwickz Farm, Dunsandel
- Washington Way Skate Park, Sydenham
- Water Garden, Christchurch Central City
- Waterford Reserve Playground, Northwood
- West Melton Community and Recreation Centre, West Melton
- Westburn Reserve Playground, Burnside
- Westlake Reserve Playground, Halswell
- Westmorland Heights Playground, Cracroft
- Wharenui Swimming Pool & Sports Centre, Riccarton
- Whitburn Park Playground, Halswell
- Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, Christchurch
- Windsports Park, Bromley
- Woodham Park Kids Playground, Linwood
- Woodland Playground, New Brighton
- Woolshed Park, Rolleston
- Wycola Park Playground, Hei Hei
- X-Golf Avonhead, Avonhead
- X-Golf Parklands, Parklands
- Yaldhurst Nature Playground, Yaldhurst
- Zinnia Park, Wigram
- Zone 67, Woolston
- Zone Bowling Garden City, Waltham
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