Queenstown
π 3 daysAdventure capital β bungy, skiing and lakes.
The South Island delivers Queenstown's adrenaline, Milford Sound's fjords and glaciers; the North adds Rotorua's geysers and Hobbiton.
It's made for road trips β rent a car or campervan and chase the views.
The destinations worth building your trip around.
Ready-made routes β tap a duration to see the plan.
Adventure capital β bungy, skiing and lakes.
Cruise the most stunning fjord on earth.
Geysers, hot springs and MΔori culture.
Adventure capital β bungy, skiing and lakes.
Cruise the most stunning fjord on earth.
Geysers, hot springs and MΔori culture.
The harbour city and main gateway.
Adventure capital β bungy, skiing and lakes.
Cruise the most stunning fjord on earth.
Geysers, hot springs and MΔori culture.
The harbour city and main gateway.
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Cruise beneath sheer fjord cliffs.
Bungy, jet boats, skydiving and skiing.
Geysers, mud pools and MΔori hΔngΔ«.
Heli-hikes on a living glacier.
The Lord of the Rings movie set.
NZ's largest national park β Milford and Doubtful Sounds, the Milford Track, and rainforest fjords carved by glaciers.
A 700 kmΒ² dark-sky reserve around NZ's highest mountain β Hooker Valley Track ends below blue glacial Hooker…
Tolkien's "Mount Doom" β the symmetrical 2,287 m cone climbed via the Tongariro Alpine Crossing day hike.
NZ's "Finest Walk in the World" β a permit-only 53-km 4-day hike through Fiordland to Milford Sound, huts…
NZ's oldest national park and home to the Tongariro Alpine Crossing β a 19.4-km day hike through volcanic…
NZ's highest mountain (3,724 m) inside a dark-sky reserve β the Hooker Valley walk gives non-climbers the full…
A limestone cave river ceiling-lit by tens of thousands of bioluminescent glow worms β boat glides under the…
A coastal NZ beach through a giant natural archway β 45-minute walk from Hahei, used in the Narnia…
NZ Great Walk between two national parks β 32 km, 3 days, alpine pass with views over Lake…
A glacier-fed turquoise Alpine lake with Aoraki/Mt Cook at its head β possibly the most photographed lake in…
A glacial turquoise lake in NZ's Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve β lupin fields in summer, the Church…
Queenstown's adventure river β jet-boating through 90 km of canyon at white-knuckle speeds, plus rafting and bungee.