On our drive from the glaciers to the fjords, we made a few stops along the way. One of those stops was Puzzle World in Wanaka. The Lonely Planet guidebook and a friend of mine recommended it so we thought we'd check it out. All I can say is that it is strange. If you have any balance issues or get dizzy easily, it is NOT a place for you to go!! There are some warnings on one of the rooms.
Puzzle World has rooms of different "puzzles." Some are optical allusions, well most are actually. There is a room of faces and if you walk a certain way, the eyes look like they are following you. There is also a room that explains how some of the optical allusions were done in the Lord of the Rings movies. There is also a room that seriously messes with your balance. There are funky steps and a slide that you ride up instead of down. The floor is also angled. Outside, there is a maze to solve. We did pretty well on the maze but had to quit early because I felt a bit ill from the "funky" room.
All in all, it is an interesting place. I think it is one of those places that you have a pretty strong reaction to. We met some other American travelers the night before we went who absolutely raved about it. While we were there, we met some Irish tourists that had been on our glacier hike. They were leaving the place and said that it wasn't worth the money.
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