Taupo, North Island

Ages 8+

The Cave Taupo

VIP Virtual Reality Studio Experience

Face your fears, race to the finish, explore our world or immerse yourself in another!

The Cave is your portal to a fun, interactive adventure using emerging technology.  You will be blown away!  Bring your family and enter THE CAVE!
You can walk virtual streets and roam virtual worlds, race for 1st place at Bathurst in full-motion racing simulators, send a proton blast to enemy demons and conquer the occasional zombie!
Spectators can see what the player sees in 4K, with screens mounted in New Zealand's largest infinity mirrors.

Read more on our Virtual Reality Studio here >>

Virtual Reality Escape Rooms

Do you love Escape Rooms?  The Cave VR Escape Rooms are your portal to immersive virtual worlds.
Now you can roam our fully-immersive Virtual Reality Escape Rooms in character, with your mates with you, as a team!
Choose 'Escape the Lost Pyramid', 'Beyond Medusa's Gate', or 'Prince of Persia in The Dagger of Time'.
Put yourselves in the shoes of explorers and adventurers from the distant past, solve the mystery and escape - all in stunning VR!

Read more on our Virtual Reality Escape Rooms here >>

Racing Simulators

Race, rally and drift on our racing simulators from 1-8 players.  Go head to head with your friends in the best rally, track, demolition derby, formula one, and even go-karts!
The Cave custom-built racing simulators put you in the driver’s seat.  Ooptional VR, force feedback wheels & pedals, manual H-pattern shifters, tiptronic paddles and Thrustmaster/Sparco handbrakes.

Read more on The Cave Racing Simulators here >>

Hours

TUESDAY-SUNDAY: 10am-8pm

SCHOOL & PUBLIC HOLIDAYS: 10am-8pm


Birthday Parties

Have your Birthday Party at The Cave and we’ll take care of everything!

Gaming | Food & Drinks | Party Host | Invitations | Birthday Gift

We provide coffee for the parents to enjoy in the lounge so they can sit back, relax and witness the kids being entertained by our hosts with VR games & experiences.

We’ll snap a group photo and present a birthday gift to the birthday child…oh and we’ll take care of the clean up!
Duration: 2 hours, including eating time. Minimum age 10, minimum players 4. Read more here >>

North Island

South Island

Map of New Zealand
  • Auckland
  • Central Otago
  • Bay of Plenty
  • Christchurch
  • Coromandel
  • Dunedin
  • Gisborne
  • Fiordland
  • Hawkes Bay
  • Marlborough Sounds
  • Manawatu
  • Nelson & Golden Bay
  • Northland
  • North Canterbury
  • Rotorua
  • Queenstown
  • Taranaki
  • South Canterbury
  • Taupo
  • Southland
  • Waikato
  • Wanaka
  • Wellington
  • West Coast
  • Whangarei
  • Bay of Islands
  • Tauranga
  • Gisborne
  • Hamilton
  • Napier
  • Kapiti
  • Palmerston North
  • Whanganui
  • New Plymouth
  • Arrowtown
  • Te Anau
  • Akaroa
  • Ashburton
  • Hanmer
  • Kaikoura
  • Methven
  • Mt Cook
  • Oamaru
  • Tekapo
  • Timaru
  • Abel Tasman
  • Motueka
  • Nelson Lakes
  • Blenheim
  • Picton
  • Catlins
  • Gore
  • Stewart Island
  • Central Plateau
  • Invercargill
  • Cromwell
  • Greymouth
  • Hokitika
  • Westport
  • Glenorchy

Our favourite destinations…

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Auckland

New Zealand’s economic heart and biggest city is also an exciting family visitor destination, situated on a sunny harbour with city beaches just minutes away from the CBD. Orientate yourself by heading down to Viaduct Harbour, wandering the waterfront, checking out the super yachts or enjoying the waterfront restaurants. Nearby is the must-visit Sky Tower along with excellent and kid-friendly museums and tons of exciting activities!

Wellington

Wellington is New Zealand’s capital. Here you will find New Zealand's parliament buildings, including the 'Executive Wing', more well-known as 'The Beehive' due to its distinctive shape. Another icon to look out for is the Wellington Tram, which was the main means of public transport between 1878 and 1964.

Christchurch

With a population of around 400,000 Christchurch, in Canterbury, is the South Island ’s largest city, yet much of it has the feel of a small town. Perhaps that’s why it’s known as the Garden City but with the expansive Hagley Park, Botanic Gardens, Port Hills, River Avon and numerous beaches the city certainly has an open, relaxed feel that’s hard to beat.

Queenstown

With its well-deserved reputation as New Zealand’s activity adventure capital you’ll never run out of activities and things to do in Queenstown, but you may run out of time! With breathtaking scenery, activities and festivals, cafes and restaurants, skiing and snowboarding, shopping and wineries, this lakeside alpine resort rates as one of the world’s top vacation destinations for all ages and seasons.

Rotorua

Rotorua sits on the shore of Lake Rotorua, one of sixteen lakes in the area formed by hundreds of thousands of years of eruptions from the Taupo Volcanic Zone. The area is renowned for its geothermal activity and top of any activity list is to see the bubbling mud pools that are around the region for yourself. The Waimangu Volcanic Valley offers a first hand insight into the devastation caused by the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera and is a great place to discover steaming volcanic craters and bubbling, spitting  pools of mud!

Nelson and Golden Bay

The Nelson and Golden Bay regions, at the top of the South Island, boast enviable sunshine hours, glorious sandy beaches, safe swimming spots, lots of wildlife to look out for, and Abel Tasman National Park - an absolute must to explore, on foot, by kayak, your own craft or watertaxi.  Nelson is home to a vibrant arts and crafts community with a fabulous Saturday market, and is close to award-winning wineries and family-friendly bike tracks to take you around the coast.

Hawkes Bay

Napier was rebuilt after the 1931 earthquake and is now known as NZ's Art Deco City.  The Art Deco influence has created a unique city – nowhere else can you see such a varied concentration of art deco style. With over 2,200 sunshine hours a year, Napier is a year-round holiday destination with countless activities to entertain the kids – there's days of entertainment on Marine Parade alone, plus numerous other family-friendly trips and activities.  Add to that the beaches, walks and flat cycle paths, outdoor cafes and entertainment, and you have a perfect holiday destination!

Northland

Beautiful, unspoiled beaches, fishing, historic gum fields, kauri forests – the Far North has it all. With subtropical temperatures, it's often known as ‘the Winterless north', with warm, humid summers and mild winters.
Gateway to the Bay of Islands, Paihia is a pretty, lively beachside town and a perfect base for your family holiday. It’s your start point for Bay of Island adventures including day cruises, sailing, kayaking, swimming with dolphins and reef or wreck diving.