Amazing Archery Adventures

Experience the famous Dragon Hunt, Have-A-Go, private coaching or a party.
Try Archery Battle for an adrenaline rush or use our 3D course for your archery training.

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“Wow, I highly recommend this to anyone and everyone. Skill, nature, fun and excitement!!” – Trip Advisor Review

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3D Archery Under Covid Alert Levels

Welcome to Level 1 🙂

  • Dragon Hunt Archery Experience
    No more restrictions but we keep our new awesome group and family rates. In addition our locals discount is now available to all Kiwis!
  • Archery Have A Go
    Open on Sundays 10am to 12.30pm. Please sign in when you arrive. You can still make private bookings if you like.
  • Private Coaching
    Running as usual - private bookings only.
  • Team Building, Birthday Parties, Teams
    All back to normal! Please send us your enquiries.
  • Archery Battle
    All back to normal! Please send us your enquiries.
  • Self Guided Access
    Currently not operating as Adventure Park opening times have changed. We have an exciting update soon!
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Nelson's Only 3D Archery Range & Tours

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Dragon Hunt Archery Experience

Become an archer as you hunt for Dragons and lifelike archery targets while enjoying ancient NZ native bush at its finest. You’ll be crossing glistening streams, listening to the songs of native birds and sneaking between the trunks of giant trees during the Dragon Hunt. No experience needed, full training and all the high-quality traditional Archery gear is provided. So, are you ready to hunt a Dragon?

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Have-a-Go, Archery Lessons & Birthday Parties

Maybe you’ve always fancied having a go at Archery – feeling like the movie legends. Maybe the thought had never crossed your mind but you think it could be something you’d enjoy. Maybe you’ve done Archery before and would like somewhere to practice. Come to our range during the casual drop-in times, book a lesson or bring a team for a fun birthday event. Coaching and all the traditional Archery gear you need is always included. Come on, give it a go.

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Guest Archers & Training Facilities

Archery Park welcomes qualifying archers to use our facilities for training and fun adventures on their own for a small fee. We have a target range with permanently setup targets up to 45m and an ever growing permanent 3D archery target field course. Guests can use our facilities during our opening times. Please make yourself familiar with our rules and regulations before you visit.

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Team Building and Work Functions

Looking for an activity to excite your team at the next corporate event? How about something that’s fun, active and a little competitive? We tailor your event to suit your needs. Compete for the best archer on our range and try your skills at lifelike archery targets or battle it out in an epic Archery battle. To mark the occasion and reward the most deserving, medals are provided to the organiser to give out to the most legendary competitor.

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Archery Battle – Fast and Fierce

Are you ready to shoot a mate with bow and arrow? Archery Battle is our take on the game of Archery Tag – fun, fast, safe and full of action. Think of Archery Battle as a cross between Dodge Ball, Paintball and Archery. There are no painful bruises like after paintball and it’s completely safe. Great fun for teams and groups. Come out for an action-packed afternoon of adrenaline and a good dose of competitive fun.

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Our Most Popular Archery Adventure – The Dragon Hunt​

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The Dragon Hunt Archery and Nature Experience

If you like to experience raw New Zealand and want some action with it – this is the tour for you!

Learn to shoot the longbow and get to explore a native New Zealand forest that has been left alone by humans since the begin of time – classified as one of the most diverse nature areas on the top of the South Island: Nelson’s cleanest stream, giant towering trees, some of the largest silver ferns in NZ and an active bird life await you.

Archery challenges will keep you entertained throughout the tour: Shoot realistic looking Dragons and other targets uphill, downhill over streams, between ferns and under trees. This is archery in a whole new format and unique in New Zealand!

Your guide has 18 years of archery experience, is a certified archery coach, holds a NZ silver medal and a national archery record. You will get initial in-depth archery coaching and help to master the challenges in the forest archery course.

Free photos and highlights of special nature features are included.

Testimonials & Reviews

Our visitors, young and old, local and foreign, experienced and absolute beginners alike have raved about their experience at Archery Park.

But no need to take our word for it – see for yourself what they have said:​

  •   Our family had an amazing half day with Markus learning about archery and shooting his 3d dragon hunters course.
    His training was first rate and we learned a lot. So... read more

    KJs1488
    8/10/2020

      My favourite part was taking on Marcus' feedback and improving as we went through the bush and practiced on more targets.

    cewtpi
    7/15/2020

      A fabulous informative and fun day out doing the Dragon Hunt. Markus is an exceptional archery instructor and got us all hitting targets within a short period of time,... read more

    LizzieM64A
    7/13/2020

  •   Great fun! Markus was a patient and effective teacher. He is knowledgeable about the sport and about the native plants and resident animals. The free pickup from the Nelson iSite... read more

    maddie908
    7/12/2020

      100% recommend giving this a crack, Markus is an absolute legend and was so patient with our big group. Guiding us through the native bush to each target was almost... read more

    Logey_C
    7/11/2020

      Absolute Highlight of my trip to Nelson! Such an amazing experience. Thanks Markus for an great day!

    Shywalsh
    7/10/2020

  •   This was a fantastic day out but what made it so much better was Markus. His sense of humour had us laughing all day. He makes you feel like a... read more

    Muddlesontour
    7/02/2020

      We had a great afternoon of archery and adventure at Archery Park Nelson. The experience was an excellent Xmas present for our 14 year old daughter, but was also fantastic... read more

    joe_hay_builder
    6/27/2020

      What a great family outing! Marcus was very patient (and remarkably effective) while teaching us to shoot straight and safely. Hunting the 3D targets was definitely the highlight though -... read more

    GLesser70
    6/07/2020

  •   Our family had an amazing half day with Markus learning about archery and shooting his 3d dragon hunters course.
    His training was first rate and we learned a lot. So... read more

    KJs1488
    8/10/2020

  •   My favourite part was taking on Marcus' feedback and improving as we went through the bush and practiced on more targets.

    cewtpi
    7/15/2020

  •   A fabulous informative and fun day out doing the Dragon Hunt. Markus is an exceptional archery instructor and got us all hitting targets within a short period of time,... read more

    LizzieM64A
    7/13/2020

  •   Great fun! Markus was a patient and effective teacher. He is knowledgeable about the sport and about the native plants and resident animals. The free pickup from the Nelson iSite... read more

    maddie908
    7/12/2020

  •   100% recommend giving this a crack, Markus is an absolute legend and was so patient with our big group. Guiding us through the native bush to each target was almost... read more

    Logey_C
    7/11/2020

  •   Absolute Highlight of my trip to Nelson! Such an amazing experience. Thanks Markus for an great day!

    Shywalsh
    7/10/2020

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Getting To Archery Park Nelson

Archery Park is only a 15-minute drive from Nelson Central. We’re located at Cable Bay Adventure Park on 194 Cable Bay Road, Nelson.

Drive 14km north from Nelson City towards Picton. Turn left into Cable Bay Road at the sign posts Cable Bay. We are 2 km down Cable Bay Road on the right-hand side – look for the Archery Park Flag and the Cable Bay Adventure Park sign.

We provide a free pickup from Nelson i-Site for all Dragon Hunt Adventure guests.

Archery Park is part of the Cable Bay Adventure Park!

Make a day out of your visit to Archery Park by exploring the other amazing activities at the same location and refuel at our local Cafe.

A popular choice is to combine the Skywire experience with the Dragon Hunt. Take an adrenaline ride high above our hunting grounds!

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Robin Hood Scheme

We truly believe that traditional archery has a positive effect on people of all ages. But the ones that need an adventure experience the most are often also the ones that don’t have the means for such an activity. 

That’s where our Robin Hood Scheme can help. Under the scheme, we work at cost to provide reduced rates to health and social services and community groups with a social purpose. We love to help because we care about people and the feedback we’ve received has been outstanding.

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Nelson Archery Club

Archery Park is a social business – our main objective is to grow the sport of traditional archery in Nelson and New Zealand. This passion was desperately needed to keep us motivated to deliver you the most exciting news since we have started! 

Our plan is to offer a regular weekly club session where archers get together for archery lessons on our practise and 3D archery range and to have a good old yarn about archery. We’re even planning to host upcoming competitions.

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Conservation
Efforts

We love nature and the New Zealand wildlife, so we wanted to do our part for conservation from day one – with the aim to become a Carbon Negative business. Our servers are hosted green and all material is printed on recycled paper. We are also reducing the amount of foreign plant life, removing non-native weeds and aim to give our natives space to thrive.

To give birds a better chance of survival, we have started a trapping programme and we’re baiting for wasps.

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School Holiday Programme

We partner regularly with local School Holiday Programme providers to allow kids to have a go at archery at Archery Park during the school holidays. But be quick, we’re usually the day that is booked out first.

We also have a lot of families visiting us during the school holidays. And what could be better than half a day outside, strolling through the bush, equipped with bow and arrows? Get in touch if you are interested to hear about options. 

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About Archery Park Nelson

The Archery Park logo stands for a long line of archers throughout the history of the world.

Read our blog post to learn about the history of our logo…

Archery Park is dedicated to the sport of traditional archery. It is based at the Cable Bay Adventure Park and has a fully equipped target range and a 3D field archery course following a 3km course through stunning native bush.

Archery Park gets consistently rated 5* by its guests, locally and from all over the whole world. 

Beginners rave about their first experience of traditional archery and experienced archers love the setup and  passion put into the 3D field archery range.

Markus, the owner, guide and coach of Archery Park, has 18 years of experience in traditional archery and is a certified New Zealand Field Archery Coach (NZFAA). He has coached hundreds of archers and has a great talent to teach anyone the basics of archery.

Markus came 2nd in the 2018 3D Bowhunter Nationals and holds the current New Zealand record for highest score on a 20 * 3D archery field course with a historic bow.

He is a member of the International Field Archery Association, New Zealand Field Archery Association, Traditional Archery Society and New Zealand Bowhunter Society.

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An Overview Of Our Activities

Our Promise: If you don't have a great time at any of our activities we will refund you 100% - no questions asked!

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL. FOR LAST MINUTE BOOKINGS CALL US ON 03-398 8043

Dragon Hunt Experience

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Our 5 star rated half day adventure tour. Learn to shoot the longbow and afterwards go into our forest archery range to hunt Dragons and other lifelike looking archery targets.

From $80 per adult. Group and family discounts available.

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Have-A-Go, Lessons and Birthday Parties

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Want to test your skills or learn the tricks of the trade? Our Have-A-Go sessions or  private archery lessons will be for you.

Stuck what to do for your birthday, stag or hens do? Book an archery party with us!

Starting at only $30 per person.

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Team Building Events

We tailor your archery team building event to suit your needs​.

Suitable for the first time archer as well as experienced archers!

Bring your team along for an action-packed afternoon of competitive fun here at Archery Park

Starting at only $30 per person.

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Archery Battle

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Archery Battle: Fast and Fierce.

Player VS Play Archery Action!

A fast paced action archery team game.

The perfect alternative to paintball!

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Training Facilities for Archers

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Experienced archers can use our target and 3D course archery ranges on their own.

Day tickets and concession cards are available. A one off pre-registration is required to comply with H&S requirements.

Rental archery equipment is available for previous guests that don’t have their own bow and arrow yet.

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Our Promise: If you don't have a great time at the Dragon Hunt, we will refund you 100% of your payment. No questions asked!

ONLINE BOOKINGS CLOSE 12 HOURS BEFORE TOURS START. FOR LAST MINUTE BOOKINGS CALL US ON 03-398 8043

Take advantage of cheaper prices Monday to Friday during winter.

"A great half day out, great value for money. Start out slow to get the technique right and then go for a walk through the native bush shooting targets. A great sense of achievement at the end of it...."