Southern Lakes Sightseeing specialises in creating and delivering tours for the discerning client visiting our areas.

A personal level of service...
We operate comfortable vehicles and we take only a maximum of 5 or 7 clients per vehicle. This creates an exceptionally personal level of customer service. A client’s driver-guide will take care of all details from pick up to drop off. Bigger groups can also be accommodated if arranged prior to the tour.

We pick clients up from their accommodation in the central areas of Queenstown.

We have been in operation since 2001.

Specialist tours...
We are Lord of the Rings location tour specialists. Our location tours are guided by great storytellers who bring the scenery alive with their accounts of the scenes shot there and many props from the movies are available to handle and photograph. We were one of the original companies in New Zealand to begin LOTR touring and we are endorsed by Ian Brodie, the LOTR guidebook author. Our LOTR day tours have been ranked as the third best activity in New Zealand by the clients of the top Condenast Travel agent (in the States) specialising in New Zealand travel.

We have been audited by the independent authority Qualmark and in May 2008 we were given a score of 91.4% making us the 7th best tour operator in New Zealand. As a small family owned business, we are very proud of this ranking.

Company Owner, Melissa Heath, has spent twenty-five years working in the tourism industry. This has given her the insights into what a visitor to our shores is really seeking and as such all company guides are trained in the philosophy of being the client’s best friend for the day.