Welcome to Fairyland: The Bottle Lake Forest Fairy Village is open for Magic
Bottle Lake Forest Fairy Door Walk
Where is the Bottle Lake Forest Fairy Village?
How long is the Bottle Lake Forest Fairy Door Walk?
Can you bike on the Fairy Door walk?
What is it like in the Bottle Lake Forest Fairy Village?
Things to do in Bottle Lake Forest
- Ride or walk on the main Bottle Lake Forest Tracks. There are flat off-road trails as well as more technical mountain bike tracks suitable from beginners to advanced. The Forest tracks are suitable for off road strollers too. Do be aware that the Forest is sand based so is quite soft in places.
- Play on the large recycled tyre playground. If your kids love exploring and climbing, then this incentive play area will be perfect. My kids love jumping off the tyres and competing parkour style stunts
- Ride on the pump track and bike circuit. The bike track here at Bottle Lake Forest is great for the kids to test their skills, and also good if you as an adult don’t want to bike/or don’t have a bike. They can burn off some steam all within watching distance of you. There are some great balance beams for older kids to practice their bike skills on too.
- Margaret Mahy Playground: Largest Playground in the Southern Hemisphere
- Godley Head Walk: Beautiful coastal track taking 3-4 hours (Kiwi Guardian medal available here)
- Great views on the Rapaki Track
- Visit penguins at the International Antarctic Centre
- Check out 41 Free Things to do in Christchurch with kids
- Canterbury Short Walks for kids and half day hikes for families
Jennifer
Founder of Backyard Travel Family
Jen is a super organiser when it comes to travel. Having travelled extensively in Europe and Africa, has lived in London and the USA and holidayed in many parts of Asia, she is not a newbie to the travel space
Jen has three young children, 7 and under and travels around New Zealand with them.
what you need to know
Travel
Park at the main Bottle Lake Forest Carpark on Waitikiri Road, just 18 minutes from the Christchurch City Centre
The fairy village
- short walk, allow 30 mins depending on how long you explore
- buggy friendly walk / stroller friendly walk
- Dog friendly walk
- just a few hundred metres of strolling through the woodland forest
- Find over 100 fairy houses
Suitable for kids?
Suitable for kids of all ages
- Great walk for young toddlers, or bring their balance bike
- Older kids will enjoy playing in and building tree branch forts, of which they are a few in the forest already or biking at the pump track and tyre playground closeby.
Facilities
- Free Parking
- Toilets
- Information Centre on site
- Tyre Playground
- Cycling and walking tracks
- Bike pump track and skills area
- Bottle Lake Fairy Forest is under shade
What to bring
- bike if you like
- camera
- warm clothes in winter as its in the shade
Food options
Often an ice cream truck on site during the summer, but the closest shopping centre and supermarket is at the Palms Shopping Centre. (Also Veges Direct, on nearby Mairehau Road has good deals on fruit and vegetables)
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