Top Attractions in Queenstown

• Queenstown Mall - Centre for Queenstown’s many shops and restaurants.
  
  
• Skyline Gondola Restaurant & Luge - The Skyline complex sits high above Queenstown on Bob's Peak and is reached by a gondola cableway. It offers a spectacular 220 degree panorama, with breathtaking views of Coronet Peak, The Remarkables mountain range and across Lake Wakatipu to Cecil and Walter Peaks. Enjoy a sumptuous dinner or a relaxing drink in the café then hurtle back down to the village on the Skyline Luge.
  
  
• Arrowtown - New Zealand’s only living historic gold mining town, where you will find shops selling New Zealand's finest clothing, souvenirs, arts and crafts, giftware and wines, plus a great café scene. Only 20 minutes drive from Queenstown.
  
  
• Walter Peak High Country Farm - Experience rural New Zealand on a walking tour of the farmyard. Learn traditional farming practices, help feed the sheep, get close to the deer and Scottish Highland cattle, watch the sheep dogs in action, see the shearing and maybe try your hand at spinning wool.
  
  
• Cardrona Adventure Park - Located between Queenstown and Wanaka, offering activities for the whole family including Quad Bikes, Buggy and Monster Truck rides to suit all, from beginners to intermediate to the outright adrenalin junkie.
  
  

Top Activities For Queenstown

• Alpine Skiing / Snowboarding - Queenstown offers a world class selection of ski and snowboard resorts. Coronet Peak and The Remarkables ski fields are an easy drive from Queenstown but Cardrona, a little further afield, is also worth exploring. Spectacular views, plus top class facilities and terrain cater to every level of skiing ability, making skiing in Queenstown an unforgettable experience.
  
  
• Adventure Activities - Queenstown is the adventure capital of New Zealand, offering everything that the adventure seeker could ever ask for – bungy jumping, skydiving, jet boating, white water rafting, horse riding, luge, hang gliding, canyon swings, river surfing, mountain biking, joy flights, canyoning, abseiling and more. And, for those that can’t get enough, why not try an adventure combo – packaging together multiple activities for a half or full day of high adrenaline fun!
  
  
• Skippers Canyon Jet - Experience New Zealand's greatest jet boating adventure with the only company permitted to operate in the world famous Skippers Canyon. Feel your adrenalin surge as you skim the Shotover's shallow waters at speed and experience the famous Hamilton jet spins. Blast through the spectacular canyon of towering rock. Visit Lord of the Rings locations and learn of the pioneers amazing feats of engineering as your driver explains the history of mining relics which scatter the banks of the Shotover.
  
  
• Milford Sound Day Tour & Cruise - Experience the beauty and wonder of Milford Sound with a full day coach tour. Located within the World Heritage Fiordland National Park, you will see the wonders of Mitre Peak, glacier scarred rock walls that rise vertically from the sea and waterfalls that tumble from hanging valleys and crash into the sound far below. Other highlights include Mirror Lakes, Te Anau and Eglinton Valley.
  
  
• Lord of the Rings Film Tour - Journey into the magical land of "Middle Earth" featured in the epic movie - "The Lord of the Rings". Visit locations such as the Forest of Lothlorien, Isengard, Amon Hen and the Ithilien Camp and hear tales from the filming, plus Maori legends and gold mining and early settler history.
  
  
• Cruise Lake Wakatipu on the TSS Earnslaw - Relive the elegance of a bygone era with a cruise aboard the vintage steamship TSS Earnslaw, one of the last remaining coal fired passenger carrying vessels operating in the southern hemisphere. The cruise offers passengers the chance to explore the Earnslaw’s decks and bridge, view the engine room and historic displays in the Fo'c'sle Gallery and join a sing-along with the ship’s pianist.