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.

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

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Dragon Hunt Archery Experience

Operating and all go!
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

Depends on group size and your teams situation. Please contact us to discuss.
Archery Battle

Operating and all go!
Self Guided Access

Open for all traditional and recurve archers. Use the information board in the Adventure Park reception window for your ticket purchase and an updated map.

Nelson's Only 3D Archery Range & Tours

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?

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.

Guest Archers & Training Facilities

Archery Park welcomes qualifying traditional and recurve archers to use our facilities for training and fun. Purchase your ticket with your smartphone from the information board in the Adventure Park Reception window. You can use our 3D course and/or practice range. Please make yourself familiar with our rules and regulations before you visit. Access is possible during Cable Bay Adventure Park opening times.

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.

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

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:

  Had a great day out with the family including our 11 year old for his birthday. All gear was provided including a youth bow because our son was not strong... read more

Shae T
11/03/2020

  A great day out with Markus in the bush! He was incredibly patient and helpful with the kids, and then incredibly patient and helpful with the adults! While we all... read more

RJY81
10/13/2020

  Huge amount of fun, our party ranged from 13 yrs to 76 yrs and we all loved it. Markus was an excellent instructor and guide, the setup and location are... read more

anzlmjd
10/07/2020

  Highly recommend Archery Park Nelson. Have thoroughly enjoyed the Have a Go session, and the Dragon Hunt.

Loved the 3D targets in a beautiful native bush backdrop. Great... read more

Cazandizzie42
10/06/2020

  Our guide Markus was very knowledgable and experienced. He was a great coach for two of us: a first time archer and someone who hasn't picked up a bow since... read more

jamesatlas
9/07/2020

  This needs to go on your must do list, we had never tryed achery before so was surprised by the amount of improvement made in just an hours training on... read more

TPASmith
9/06/2020

  We loved this experience. It was a stunning winter's day with bright sunshine and the promise of the brochure matched the experience. Marcus is a knowledgable and helpful tutor who... read more

Elocker
8/25/2020

  Despite most of our group being complete archery novices, by the end of our training and then dragon hunt in the bush, we were all doing surprisingly well. Markus... read more

norwatt1
8/22/2020

  Brilliant mix of archery and light hike! I had never done archery before, but was surprised to find that I wasn't too bad! You get really good instruction - without... read more

291elz
8/20/2020

Had a great day out with the family including our 11 year old for his birthday. All gear was provided including a youth bow because our son was not strong... read more

Shae T
11/03/2020

A great day out with Markus in the bush! He was incredibly patient and helpful with the kids, and then incredibly patient and helpful with the adults! While we all... read more

RJY81
10/13/2020

Huge amount of fun, our party ranged from 13 yrs to 76 yrs and we all loved it. Markus was an excellent instructor and guide, the setup and location are... read more

anzlmjd
10/07/2020

Highly recommend Archery Park Nelson. Have thoroughly enjoyed the Have a Go session, and the Dragon Hunt.

Loved the 3D targets in a beautiful native bush backdrop. Great... read more

Cazandizzie42
10/06/2020

Our guide Markus was very knowledgable and experienced. He was a great coach for two of us: a first time archer and someone who hasn't picked up a bow since... read more

jamesatlas
9/07/2020

This needs to go on your must do list, we had never tryed achery before so was surprised by the amount of improvement made in just an hours training on... read more

TPASmith
9/06/2020

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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.

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.

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.

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.

About Archery Park Nelson

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 2^nd 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.

Archery Park Nelson

Archery Adventures in Stunning Native Bush