# Queenstown Tourism (remote · queenstowntourism.com)

Sourced facts on Queenstown, Fiordland and Wanaka: activities, walks, routes, tours, places to eat.

- Trust score: 66/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `queenstowntourism.com`: 66/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-queenstowntourism-travel/queenstowntourism.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-queenstowntourism-travel/queenstowntourism)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://queenstowntourism.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.4.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 63/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 15 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 76/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 1332 tokens (~88/item across 15 items; 15 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 3/100
  - Stability observed for 1 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 15 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 16 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Queenstown Tourism MCP server?

Queenstown Tourism is a hosted endpoint at https://queenstowntourism.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-queenstowntourism-travel 'https://queenstowntourism.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-queenstowntourism-travel": {
      "url": "https://queenstowntourism.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-queenstowntourism-travel": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://queenstowntourism.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-queenstowntourism-travel]
url = "https://queenstowntourism.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-queenstowntourism-travel": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://queenstowntourism.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-queenstowntourism-travel --url 'https://queenstowntourism.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-queenstowntourism-travel:
    url: "https://queenstowntourism.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-queenstowntourism-travel": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://queenstowntourism.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-queenstowntourism-travel -t streamable-http -u 'https://queenstowntourism.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-queenstowntourism-travel": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://queenstowntourism.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 66, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-11-04 (score 65)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (15)

### `search_experiences` (~177 tokens)

Search locally supplied Queenstown, Milford Sound, Wanaka and Te Anau experiences by destination, category, maximum price (NZD), and minimum rating. Returns locally supplied details only.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): One of: Multi-day Tours, Transfers, Scenic Flights, Winter Sports, Fishing, Adventure, Water Activities, Food & Wine, Cycling, Walks & Hikes, Sightseeing Tours
- `destination` (string): Restrict to one destination
- `limit` (integer): Max results, 1-15 (default 6)
- `maxPrice` (number): Maximum "from" price in NZD
- `minRating` (number): Minimum average rating 0-5
- `query` (string): Free-text, e.g. "milford cruise", "jet boat", "wine tour"

### `get_experience` (~58 tokens)

Get full details for one experience by its slug: description, highlights, inclusions, price, rating, and cancellation.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Experience slug, e.g. "the-wine-trail-tour-72435p3"

### `list_destinations` (~26 tokens)

List the four Queenstown Tourism destinations with a description and bookable-experience count.

### `plan_trip` (~59 tokens)

Find locally supplied Queenstown and Milford Sound itinerary records by free-text query and duration.

Input parameters:

- `days` (integer): Exact trip length in days
- `query` (string): e.g. "family", "first time", "milford day trip"

### `travel_faq` (~62 tokens)

Answer a Queenstown, Milford Sound, Wanaka or Te Anau travel question from published guides. Returns quoted guide text with its source page, or says plainly that no guide covers it. Not live information.

Input parameters:

- `question` (string, required): The traveller's question

### `today_news` (~67 tokens)

Read currently eligible reports from the same accepted news release as the website, with original publication/source dates, citations and revision identity. Historical articles remain in the archive. No live road or ski status.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): How many recent stories, 1-5 (default 1)

### `today_fact` (~31 tokens)

Get a locally supplied verified fact about Queenstown, Fiordland, or the Southern Lakes with its recorded basis.

### `live_conditions` (~44 tokens)

Find the Queenstown weather reader and source timestamps, plus official travel and resort report links. Does not return current condition claims from bundled data. Road and ski status widgets are retired.

### `find_places_to_eat` (~170 tokens)

Find published places to eat and drink in Queenstown, Wanaka, Arrowtown and Te Anau by area, type, price band, name or cuisine text, and whether they are open now (New Zealand time). Business details only, no booking.

Input parameters:

- `area` (string): Restrict to one area
- `limit` (integer): Max results, 1-15 (default 6)
- `openNow` (boolean): Only venues whose structured hours say open right now in New Zealand time
- `priceBand` (string): Price band where known
- `query` (string): Text matched against name, cuisine, type and suburb, e.g. "thai", "bakery", "frankton"
- `type` (string): Restrict to one venue type

### `get_venue` (~56 tokens)

Get one published venue by slug: address, contact, hours, and menu lines with price as printed, capture date and source link. Prices change without notice.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Venue slug from find_places_to_eat

### `get_answer` (~97 tokens)

Answer a question about a named Queenstown, Fiordland, Wanaka or Arrowtown activity, walk, route or town from reviewed facts, each with who states it, its source link and the date it was last confirmed. Says so when no reviewed fact covers it. Not live information.

Input parameters:

- `question` (string, required): A question naming the activity, walk, route or town, e.g. "How long is the Rob Roy Track?"

### `get_entity` (~79 tokens)

List every reviewed fact we hold on one activity, walk, route, place or facility, grouped by topic, each with its source and the date it was last confirmed.

Input parameters:

- `name` (string, required): For example "Routeburn Track", "Te Anau" or "Shotover Jet"
- `topic` (string): Optional: only this topic

### `check_requirements` (~78 tokens)

List the published age, height, weight, health and safety rules for one activity or track, with sources. Lists rules only: it never decides whether a person can take part, and a rule not listed may still exist.

Input parameters:

- `activity` (string, required): For example "skydiving", "Kepler Track" or "Ziptrek"

### `get_route` (~77 tokens)

List reviewed facts on getting between two places in the Southern Lakes and Fiordland: distances, drive times and services, each with its source. Not live road or timetable information.

Input parameters:

- `from` (string, required): A place, e.g. "Queenstown"
- `to` (string, required): A place, e.g. "Te Anau"

### `compare_options` (~62 tokens)

Set the reviewed facts on two activities, walks or places side by side, with sources. Offers no ranking or verdict.

Input parameters:

- `first` (string, required): First option
- `second` (string, required): Second option
- `topic` (string): Optional: compare one topic

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-queenstowntourism-travel/queenstowntourism#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 66
- 2026-11-04: 65

## Common questions

### What is the Queenstown Tourism MCP server?

Queenstown Tourism is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.queenstowntourism/travel. Sourced facts on Queenstown, Fiordland and Wanaka: activities, walks, routes, tours, places to eat. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://queenstowntourism.com/mcp).

### Is the Queenstown Tourism MCP server safe to use?

Queenstown Tourism scores 66 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Queenstown Tourism MCP server expose?

Queenstown Tourism exposes 15 tools: search_experiences, get_experience, list_destinations, plan_trip, travel_faq, and 10 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,143 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Queenstown Tourism MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Queenstown Tourism without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Queenstown Tourism MCP server still maintained?

Queenstown Tourism is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://queenstowntourism.com/mcp
- Website: https://queenstowntourism.com/for-agents/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-queenstowntourism-travel/queenstowntourism.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-queenstowntourism-travel/queenstowntourism.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-queenstowntourism-travel/queenstowntourism