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The Candy Cottage - Escape Room Taupō

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Channel your inner Sherlock Homles to see if your team has what it takes to escape!

Channel your inner Sherlock Homles to see if your team has what it takes to escape!

Highlights

  • Fully themed escape room with unique storyline and clues
  • Regularly changing clues so you can keep coming back
  • Great fun for groups of 2-8 people
  • Family-friendly activity suitable for most ages
  • Work together to solve the clues and beat the escape room!

Confinement Taupo offers 4 exciting escape rooms with unique themes, storylines and clues as well as outdoor scavenger hunts perfect for people who enjoy problem-solving games, birthdays, corporate team building and stags or hens do's.

We are located in central Taupo and are the first Escape Room in New Zealand to achieve a Qualmark certification.

Our fully themed escape rooms have regularly changing clues meaning you can come back again and again for a fresh new challenge every time. Get your team together and put your detective hats on to see if you can solve the clues and puzzles to escape in 60 minutes or less......

The Candy Cottage

Difficulty Levels: Standard 4/5, Advanced 4/5

Storyline: A picnic turned thrilling adventure...uncover the secrets of the enchanted forest and escape before time runs out!

Suitability: This room (while still difficult enough for adults) is family-friendly. If you love a fun story, this is the room for you!


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Adult $37.00
Youth $27.00 (Aged 9 - 14 years)
Child $15.00 (Aged 5 - 8 years)

What's included

  • 1 hour escape room game

Duration

  • Allow approx 75 minutes

Location

  • 33B Oruanui Street
  • Taupō 3330
  • New Zealand

Restrictions

  • Minimum age: 5
  • All children aged 14 or younger must be accompanied by an adult at all times. We recommend to partake as a family, anyone under the age of 14 requires an adult in the room as some of the puzzles are quite complicated.

Child Friendly

  • This experience welcomes families with children.

Notes

  • What happens if we don't get out in time?

    A "Confinement" staff member will come and let you out and you will be invited back to try again another day.

    Locked in? Claustrophobic?

    No need to worry! Our rooms are nice and big, there are no extremely small spaces and the entry door is unlocked for you to leave if you feel uncomfortable or need a toilet break.

  • Confinement can accommodate groups of 2-8 people per room.

Available Bookings from 5 Apr to 18 Apr 2025

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Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme

Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme

4.8

46 reviews

Showing all 46 authenticated Bookme reviews

Tingting LaiLee from New Zealand wrote on 13 February 2025

Fun fun fun!

Our family enjoyed the escape room so much. Thanks!😊

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From The Candy Cottage - Escape Room Taupō

Thank you for the 5-Star review Tingting! We are so happy you and your family had a great time with us. Cheers, The Confinement Taupō Team

Karen from New Zealand wrote on 08 January 2025

Great family fun

Tricky… but lots of fun and enjoyed by all of us.

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From The Candy Cottage - Escape Room Taupō

Thank you Karen for the 5-star review! We look forward to seeing you next time. Cheers, The Confinement Taupō Team

Ihaia Kendrew from New Zealand wrote on 08 November 2024

Candy cottage

Fun and good challenge

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Thank you Ihaia for the 5-star review! Cheers, The Confinement Taupō Team

Kerry Chidzero from New Zealand wrote on 15 October 2024

Fun experience

One of the best escape rooms we have done so far!

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From The Candy Cottage - Escape Room Taupō

Thank You Kerry for the awesome 5-Star review! We look forward to hosting you for your next escape! Cheers, The Confinement Taupō Team

emmae from New Zealand wrote on 09 October 2024

Candy cottage-awesome experience

Had never done an escape room before so didn't really know what to expect, but we all had a great time. Kids helped just as much as adults and it was more challenging than we thought it would be. Highly recommend

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Your 5-star review made our day! Thank you for choosing us and for sharing your positive experience. We look forward to hosting you again! Cheers, The Confinement Taupō Team

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