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Lion Encounter

Lion Encounter is an attraction in Mcleans Island, Christchurch.

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Checked 16 Oct 2026

Mcleans Island

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Attractions in the suburb

6

Getting there

Directions → Walking, cycling and driving routes, on Google Maps Street View → The kerb as Google photographed it: worth a look before a first visit

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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.

Nearby

Priestley's Cuisine - Orana Cafe Restaurants · 273 m

Orana Wildlife Park Attractions · 352 m

On Your Bike Cafe Cafés · 398 m · directory lead Public Toilet, Mcleans Island Public toilet · 588 m

The nearest other attractions

Orana Wildlife Park 352 m · Mcleans Island

On Your Bike Hire 446 m · Mcleans Island · directory lead

Paintball 1.5 km · Mcleans Island

Arion Farm Education Park 2.2 km · Mcleans Island · directory lead

Kamikaze Paintball 3.0 km · Mcleans Island · directory lead

First Strike Airsoft 5.1 km · Templeton · directory lead

Canterbury Aviation 5.3 km · Christchurch Airport

Yaldhurst Museum of Transport & Science 5.5 km · Yaldhurst · directory lead

All 6 attractions in Mcleans Island → · Every one in the city →

Also in Mcleans Island

McLeans Island Golf Club Clubs · 845 m

McLeans Island Golf Club Golf courses · 1,111 m

Kustom Car Club Clubs · 2,008 m

Coringa Country Club Golf courses · 2,062 m

Coringa Golf Club Clubs · 2,062 m

Vintage Car Club Of NZ (Canterbury Branch) Clubs · 2,271 m

Steam Scene Museum Museums · 2,581 m

Steam Scene Clubs · 2,650 m

Harewood Golf Club Venues & events · 4,295 m

Pacific Golf Academy Business · 4,295 m

Every kind of business in Mcleans Island →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Mcleans Island (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 16 Oct 2026
Fact	What the source says	Source
Kind	Attractions	OpenStreetMap

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The ground it stands on

Facts about the spot the pin marks, the land, not the business. A consent may belong to the building, the landlord or a neighbour
Fact	What the source says	Source
District Plan zone	Open Space McLeans Island	District Plan

What stood on this ground → · Documents that name it →

Questions, answered briefly

What is Lion Encounter?

An attraction in Mcleans Island, Christchurch.

Where is Lion Encounter?

Somewhere in Mcleans Island, the record holds no street address. On the map →

Is Lion Encounter still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

What other attractions are near Lion Encounter?

Orana Wildlife Park (352 m), On Your Bike Hire (446 m), Paintball (1.5 km), every one in the city.

What’s near Lion Encounter?

3 other premises within a short walk, nearest Priestley's Cuisine - Orana Cafe (273 m).

What stood where Lion Encounter is, before?

The heritage-register places nearest the pin →

The record behind this

This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:

OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council and ECan data under CC BY 4.0; Wikidata CC0. Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap or tell us. The whole directory lives at /businesses. This page as markdown: /business/lion-encounter-mcleans-island.md.