Welcome to Antarctica, Christchurch!
With mysterious deep seas, unique creatures and endless icy plains, Antarctica is a land like no other. A fragile place that has drawn the bravest explorers from far and wide, leaving all who visit with a passion to protect this stunning rarity.
The International Antarctic Centre transports a slice of this astounding continent to Christchurch, with a range of immersive experiences that allow everyday visitors to see, touch, feel and fall in love with Antarctica.
Brave an Antarctic storm, go off-road in a Hagglund, mingle with the penguins, experience Antarctica from all four dimensions and leave with a head full of knowledge, a heart full of love and inspiration to take action, just like the explorers before you.
All prices are shown in NZD ($)
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the centre whilst waiting for our flight. Well worth a visit if you're in the area. A little pricey for what it is, however still a good and unique experience. Staff were friendly and helpful and even allowed us to store suitcases.
Thank you.the kids enjoyed it much.
Awesome experience
The experience was nothing worth the money paid even on discount. I wont recommend at all unless you want to waste your time and money. The storm experience was just 5 mins and nothing explained just wear jackets go inside and cold wind is blowed thats all. Penguin feeding experience just 2-3 penguins dived and had fishes in whole 30 mins and majority was listening to the commentator but it was so crowded we would barely see any penguins this whole time. The 4D movie was ok but too much of water splashing it was not great for me forget about the kids. Husky experience is nothing but 3 huskies tied in one corner space and u can just pet them if you like too. And when i went for haggland ride they said they are done for today at 4pm. But booked for 2:30 pm and they said they cant allow me before and gave tickets only at 2:30pm. Other all details are fine but not worth the time and money spent.
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bobosda from New Zealand wrote on 01 April 2025
Understanding friendly helpful staff
My second visit was made even more memorable by the warm friendly staff throughout the centre. The centre is a wonderful insight to the antarctic. The staff are a wonderful example of, how to make your visitors want to return. Thank you