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Queenstown Holidays, Hotels & Travel Guide
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Queenstown Holidays Overview
A guide to holidays in Queenstown - With a reputation as the adventure sports
capital of the world, Queenstown is New Zealand's premier tourist
destination, offering visitors the chance to indulge in almost
every adrenalin activity imaginable. But Queenstown has more to
offer visitors than action packed activities.
Queenstown is a heavily commercialised, year round resort
that is touristy, crowded and characterless, but with its
magnificent scenery, set on the deep blue Lake Wakatipu and framed
by the craggy Remarkables Range, it is appealing to adventurers and
leisure seekers alike. The lake is the perfect setting for steamer
cruises, there are many fine walking opportunities in the
surrounding hills and valleys with breathtaking views, surrounding
vineyards offer wine tasting, shopping at the town's many
boutiques, and the nearby historic gold mining town of Arrowtown is
a fascinating day's outing. Scenic flights take visitors on
unforgettable excursions, such as those around the majestic peaks
of Mt Aspiring and Mt Cook, or to Milford Sound.
Queenstown's popularity is also due to the fact that it is
a year round resort, a renowned alpine playground for skiers and
snowboarders in winter and activities such as jet boating, bungy
jumping, luging, white water rafting and paragliding in the summer
months.
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Queenstown
holidays - Top Places To Go
1. Skyline Gondola
Brecon Street
www.skyline.co.nz |
What is it? The gondola takes visitors to Bob's Peak, the
hill above the town and has incredible views over Queenstown, the
lake and of the Remarkables Range. At the top of the gondola is the
Luge offering three-wheel cart rides for all different ages and
abilities, or there are numerous walks on the mountain with
beautiful views of the area. At the bottom terminal is the Kiwi and
Birdlife Park featuring nocturnal kiwi houses and other endangered
species of New Zealand.
Hours of Operation: The gondola is open daily from 9am until
late
Phone:(0)3 441 0101 |
2. Arrowtown
www.arrowtown.org.nz |
What is it? Arrowtown sits at the edge of the Otago
Goldfields and was one of the country's biggest gold towns in its
day. It still has reminders of the gold rush days with little
miners' cottages along the tree lined streets, historic wooden
buildings, and 19th century-style shops, preserved as they were
during the gold rush. There are the interesting remains of a
Chinese settlement, with interpretive signs, nestled along the
banks of Bush Creek where gold was panned. The Chinese diggers
often worked through the remains of previous miner's claims in
search of undetected fine gold and were subjected to much prejudice
by the other diggers. The Visitors Centre contains the excellent
Lake District Museum that has a small display on local history and
gold mining.
Hours of Operation:
Phone: |
3. The Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers
www.glaciercountry.co.nz |
What is it? Nowhere else in the world, outside the polar
regions, can one see glaciers so close to the sea, extending more
than eight miles (13km) from the highest peaks of precipitous
mountains to the valley floor and surrounded by rainforest. The Fox
and Franz Josef Glaciers are the two most famous glaciers, a small
part of the Westland National Park, and the two small townships
near to each are good bases from which to explore the area,
although offering an expensive range of accommodation and cafes.
They each have a good Visitors Centre with displays on the
formation of the glaciers, the ice movement and the history of the
region. The giant screen at Franz Josef shows the brilliant film on
Glacier Country, 'Flowing West'. The glaciers are moving at an
average rate of three feet (1m) a day, but the Frans Josef can move
up to an incredible 16ft (5m) in one day. A wide range of companies
offer guided trips to explore the spectacular ice formations,
taking visitors beyond the looming terminal face of the glacier and
up onto the mighty rivers of ice, through the carved passageways
and channels. There are also scenic flights among New Zealand's
highest peaks and over the glaciers, and snow landings, one of the
best ways to appreciate the magnitude and splendour of the area; or
a chance to combine a flight and ice walking on a guided heli-hike
excursion.
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