Real Country
Real Country
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7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Monday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
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Real Country teaches our guests how to do awesome activities like clay target shooting and cracking stock whips and provides authentic rural experiences. Visit Real Country for the best group activities EVER (seriously, just check out our reviews!) If you are looking to build confidence in your abilities, learn some new practical skills, or just have a delightful private on-farm experience with your friends and family, then book a Real Country Experience today!
Duration: 1-2 hours
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Offgridmonkeys
Perth, Australia2 contributions
Aug 2020
Fantastic day out for my husbands birthday. We learnt horsemanship, and also tried our hand at clay pigeon shooting and archery. Laura is lovely, very passionate, knowledgeable and keen to share her knowledge. We would highly recommend a visit! Her menagerie of animals are a real treat too!
Written 11 August 2020
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Thank you for taking the time to review your experience. We really appreciate your feedback and are stoked you enjoyed your time with us!! - Laura
Written 25 October 2021
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Grace137
Melbourne, Australia81 contributions
Nov 2019
This place is amazing. Real farm with super friendly staff. We did the farm tour and the archery. It’s was amazing. The staff are so nice and friendly, the events we did ran way over the advertised time which was amazing!!!!!!
Written 24 November 2019
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Shiri E
Queenstown, New Zealand4 contributions
I went with my housemate and we did the pat and play experience. Laura is so so nice and made the visit such a great experience. The animals are all very friendly and happy to play around, it was just a great morning. If you're missing some animal cuddles that is the place to go! Definitely worth $20 and the drive to Kingston and we will be back!
Thanks Laura!!
Thanks Laura!!
Written 26 March 2019
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Shaun R
1 contribution
Dec 2018 • Friends
Thank you Laura and your team for incredible banter for Jonny's stagg! The level of banter plus your teaching us to shoot and crack whips is top class! Will not regret choosing this if stagg do ideas or events with work or mates!!
Written 7 December 2018
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Annie P
London, UK3 contributions
Dec 2018 • Friends
Can’t recommend the real country experience enough - we spent the morning cracking whips, playing archery, shooting guns and petting lambs! We all tried things we’d never done before and loved it. A massive thanks to Laura who is fab at explaining everything and made the morning so much fun. We’ll definitely be back!
Written 2 December 2018
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James C
2 contributions
May 2018 • Friends
Superb day out for my stag do. Guns, whips, an awesome dog and an incredible host. From the moment Laura picked us up we knew it was going to be a top day. Spending the day learning how to shoot air rifles and shotguns and how to crack a whip, while Laura indulged us with some great banter, made for an unforgettable experience. Thanks again Laura!
Written 6 May 2018
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Thanks James!!! You were an awesome group to host and made it a really hilarious and fun afternoon for me too!
Written 7 May 2018
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annathompson85
Auckland Central, New Zealand5 contributions
Feb 2017 • Friends
I wasn't entirely sure what to expect from Real Country but Laura was an amazing host. We laughed from the minute we arrived til the minute we left. I was incredibly nervous about shooting but Laura was very patient and made the experience enjoyable rather than scary. The scenery was to die for! Magical setting - I challenge anyone to find a more beautiful location. Highly recommend to anyone seeking a fun afternoon full of new experiences and laughs!
Written 12 May 2017
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Thank you for the awesome review Anna! You made country look so glamorous! I wouldn't have picked that you were nervous about the shooting as you did it so easily and I am glad you had as much fun as I did!
Written 14 May 2017
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Maddie G
San Francisco, CA46 contributions
Oct 2019 • Friends
THIS IS A MUST DO. Our group of 4 has been touring around NZ seeing all the baby sheep and animals and needed to get hands on and cuddle some of them! We found Laura’s farm and it was 10/10 years the best. She is incredible, taking in abandoned and injured animals, is incredibly knowledgeable and fun. We held and fed baby sheep and lots of other animals. If you’re driving around Queenstown, this is a must!!!
Written 17 October 2019
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gaby_peters
Salisbury, UK12 contributions
Nov 2018 • Friends
Amazing! We found ourselves on the famous Contiki bus heading towards Laura’s farm. Rae had told us all about how awesome Laura was and how the animals were super cool and we were about to have the best time. Now on this Big Tiki we’d done loads of amazing things, so for Rae to say it was amazing we knew it was going to be good.
The first thing we were greeted with was puppies. Now I don’t know about you, but being greeted with puppies is an instant win to the heart and got an excellent trip advisor review from the off. Then came the alpacas with made my day (I love them!!) and we got to feed the pigs and sheep.
We moved onto a Contiki challenge which was demonstrated by Lad (who is in fact a lad of the dog world)! We found ourselves more competitive than ever running around hearding sheep. The best thing ever. My team was a full group of girls and we smashed it!! So much fun.
We even got to see Ellie the horse and all of the other animals running around the field and just got a fully amazing experience. It makes me want to move back and live with Laura giving her a helping hand. I’ve followed her on Instagram ever since we left and I’m insanely jealous of Rain the Stag! Would have loved to have meet Rain!
Would 100% make the trip from the U.K. back to NZ just to go visit Laura and the animals again.
Thank you so much!!
The first thing we were greeted with was puppies. Now I don’t know about you, but being greeted with puppies is an instant win to the heart and got an excellent trip advisor review from the off. Then came the alpacas with made my day (I love them!!) and we got to feed the pigs and sheep.
We moved onto a Contiki challenge which was demonstrated by Lad (who is in fact a lad of the dog world)! We found ourselves more competitive than ever running around hearding sheep. The best thing ever. My team was a full group of girls and we smashed it!! So much fun.
We even got to see Ellie the horse and all of the other animals running around the field and just got a fully amazing experience. It makes me want to move back and live with Laura giving her a helping hand. I’ve followed her on Instagram ever since we left and I’m insanely jealous of Rain the Stag! Would have loved to have meet Rain!
Would 100% make the trip from the U.K. back to NZ just to go visit Laura and the animals again.
Thank you so much!!
Written 11 July 2019
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Gemma B
Wellington, New Zealand29 contributions
May 2019 • Solo
Amazing two hour workshop run by two extremely experienced and passionate women for women. We learnt technical aspects of shooting shotguns, ammunition types, stance, how to set up a maimai and plucking, butchering and gutting a duck. This was such an awesome experience to participate in and I can’t wait for all the future workshops Laura plans on offering. Highly recommend spending the money and getting yourself to Real Country.
Written 27 May 2019
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