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Tracing Arrowtown’s Past: A Self Guided Audio Tour

By VoiceMap Audio Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is £9 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
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Overview

Beyond Arrowtown’s idyllic setting along the Arrow River, there’s a complex storey of hardship and transformation.

On this walking tour, you’ll find out how a quiet pastoral valley became one of the richest goldfields in the world, where a diverse community took root.

As you explore the historic high street, secluded pathways, and the remarkable Chinese Settlement, you’ll detect echoes of its dramatic past. You’ll also meet the characters that shaped this unique Central Otago town.

The tour begins at the striking ’X Marks the Spot’ sculpture, where you’ll find out how it symbolically anchors Arrowtown’s gold-rush storey. You’ll trace the early township layout, wandering streets lined with cottages from the 1800s, and stand where the first gold discoveries triggered a rush that reshaped the region almost overnight.

Activity location

  • X Marks the Spot
    • 9302, Arrowtown, Otago Region, New Zealand

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • X Marks the Spot
    • 9302, Arrowtown, Otago Region, New Zealand

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Tracing Arrowtown’s Past: A Self Guided Audio Tour in English
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • Opening hours: Mon 00:00-23:59
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
£9.06 x 1 Adult£9.06
Total
Price is £9.06

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • What's includedWhat's included
    App for Android and iOS
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Smartphone and headphones
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food and drink
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Transport

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The total tour time includes walking the route and passing by the attractions
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

X Marks the Spot (Pass by)

Our starting location, X Marks the Spot, the very beginning of the gold rush in Arrowtown.

St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Pass by)

The church is open every day and visitors are very welcome. There is no charge. Enter to see where Australasia’s first saint, Mary of the Cross MacKillop prayed for a short time.

St John's Presbyterian Church (Pass by)

We pass by St John's Presbytarian Church. The church is open most days for viewing.

St Paul's Church Arrowtown (Pass by)

It is the oldest Church in continuous use in Arrowtown and has served the local Anglican Community for many years. The church is on the main road into Arrowtown and is open for visitors.

Lakes District Museum & Art Gallery (Pass by)

A must visit at the end of the tour. The museum costs to enter but it is well worth the visit if you would like to learn more about Arrowtown and it's surrounding areas.

Arrowtown Chinese Settlement (Pass by)

It is free to walk around the Chinese Settlement, we talk about it as the tour walks through the site.

Arrowtown Bakery (Pass by)

A yummy place to pick up a picnic and stop off in a park along the tour, or by the river.

Provisions of Arrowtown (Pass by)

A great place to stop in and grab a coffee or some lunch.

Village green (Pass by)

A great place to cool off in the shade or browse if the market is on.

Location

Activity location

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    X Marks the Spot
    • 9302, Arrowtown, Otago Region, New Zealand

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    X Marks the Spot
    • 9302, Arrowtown, Otago Region, New Zealand

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