Queenstown
Shaped like a cartoon lightning bolt, Lake Wakatipu is NZ's third-largest lake. It reaches a depth of 372m, meaning the lake bed actually sits below seaā¦
Must-see attractions in Queenstown & Wanaka
Queenstown & Wanaka
Enter past the fence of bras (Bra-drona!) and you'll find the beautiful cellar door of this fledgling single-malt distillery inside a building made ofā¦
Queenstown
Hop aboard for fantastic views as the gondola squeezes through pine forest to its grandstand location 400m above Queenstown. At the top there's theā¦
Queenstown
Set on its own tongue of land framing Queenstown Bay, this pretty park is the perfect city escape right within the city. Laid out in 1876, it features anā¦
Wanaka
WÄnaka Station Park is a piece of WÄnaka that existed before WÄnaka did. This remnant of the sheep station that once covered the entire south side of theā¦
Queenstown & Wanaka
Apart from its impressive Star of Davidāshaped rose window, this 1874 stone Gothic Revival church, built from local schist rock, wouldn't be worth notingā¦
Queenstown & Wanaka
Strung along the creek, near the site of Arrowtown's first gold find, is NZās best example of an early Chinese settlement. Interpretive signs explain theā¦
Wanaka
Push past the Barbies to get to the beer ā the tasting room for the Wanaka Beerworks is rather incongruously at the rear of the toy museum gift shop. Getā¦
National Transport & Toy Museum
Wanaka
Mixing Smurfs with Studebakers and skidoos (and an authentic MiG jet fighter flown by the Polish Air Force), this completely eclectic and absorbingā¦
Queenstown & Wanaka
The area's oldest commercial winery (established in the early 1980s) offers tours of the winery ($35) and NZ's largest wine cave ($20). It also has aā¦
Queenstown & Wanaka
With gold rushes came lawlessness. Arrowtown's prisoners were originally manacled to logs, but in 1876 this schist jail, now surrounded by homes, wasā¦
Lakes District Museum & Gallery
Queenstown & Wanaka
Exhibits cover the gold-rush era and the early days of Chinese settlement around Arrowtown. Kids are kept engaged by the likes of an 'Odd One Out' gameā¦
Queenstown
These 2 hectares are home to 10,000 native plants, geckos, skinks, tuatara (an endemic reptile) and scores of birds, including kiwi, kea (alpine parrots),ā¦
Queenstown
Located in the old underwater observatory beneath the main pier, this 30-minute experience promises a journey back in time, explaining Lake Wakatipu'sā¦
Wanaka
It's worth raising a glass to the view alone at Rippon since the Tuscan-styled cellar door has surely the finest winery view in NZ. In a bid to containā¦
Queenstown
Peregrine by name, peregrine by designā¦the award-winning construction of the cellar door, shaped a bit like a falcon's wing in flight, looks particularlyā¦
Queenstown & Wanaka
Covering much of the Pisa Range, this conservation reserve has several walking trails through the tussock grass. To get the full show, the 19km tramp toā¦
Wanaka
A 3D Great Maze and lots of fascinating brain-bending visual illusions serve to keep people of all ages bemused, bothered and bewildered at thisā¦
Queenstown & Wanaka
The most picturesque of the Gibbston wineries, Chard Farm's rustic cellar door is reached by a precipitous 2km road overlooking the Kawarau Bridge Bungyā¦
Queenstown
This pretty Anglican church, built in 1932 from local greywacke stone, has colourful stained glass and an impressive gilded and painted organ. Take a lookā¦
Queenstown & Wanaka
Producers of one of the region's most acclaimed pinot noirs; its cellar door is in the front yard of the rustic Gibbston Tavern.
