Queenstown Hostels - Reviews and Rates

I got up bright and early at 0400, eager to call the balloon company to find out if the ride was on or not!! Yes you guessed it !!!!! it was too windy!!!! Argggggh, will I ever get this balloon ride done!!! :(( Well with the balloon ride cancelled I decided to try to catch up with the blog. So I spent most of the morning typing up new pages and ...

Landscapes, nature and weather all contribute to making scenery dramatic, calming or just plain gorgeous. I cant quite believe after 9 months of travelling these things still inspire me, still make me wake up every morning and rush to the window to see it all again...although secretly it is sometimes just to check if the sun is shining :-) My lo...

God I dont know where to start I cant believe Ive not logged in for AGES its been pretty busy so here goes. 28 Feb Glow glow quick quick glow Here we are in a punt in complete darkness looking at glow worms. mmmm but cant see anything and its disorientating still better than the peeeing rain outside. 29 February Raindrops keep falling on my head...

Hello all, Sorry about the missed days but Jen and i headed off to Milford sounds on an over night cruise and there is absolutly no coverage down there! Phil you would have loved this trip! We set off early (again) and had a fab tour guide who was so knowledgeable. We drove through some amazing scenary, massive mountains, some snow capped and fl...

Waking up looking over the lake at Frankton was great. We headed off the 5 minutes to Queenstown, parked the monster and enjoyed the bustling adventure town that is Queenstown. Unlike its counterpart in South Africa, this Queenstown boasts perfect views of snow capped mountains over a beautiful glacier lake with adventure activities a dime a doz...

Arrival at Queenstown brought rain!!!! Hey ho! All a good excuse to enter phase 2 of shopping for S America, where I bought my best buy yet - a windbreaker jacket - it's been fantastic in keeping chills at bay! Wimp! Also got some great Salomon walking shoes - at last! Maybe even more significant than this was the official booking of the SKYDIVE...

It would have been wrong to come to Queenstown and not done a bungy jump. That is what my friend Emma told me before I arrived here. So I starting thinking about whether I could do it. I.e. jump off a bridge with only a piece of elastic supporting me etc etc. Sounds mad but when we got to the jump centre on the famous bridge it just seemed like ...

Alright, I arrive in Queenstown Thursday and spent the evening getting settled, shopping for food and such. The next morning I had an early rise because I was BUNGY JUMPING! I didn't sleep well the night before because I was a little nervous but more excited that anything! I arrive at the bridge and as soon as I did, I knew it was a good idea. T...

Mon 29 Jan Swift visit to the DOC centre for infor on the Abel Tasman Walk - later in Feb. Headed off to Queenstown via shorter route, Cardrona Pass and ski-field. No skiing at the moment! The van found the road up very challenging and there was an interesting smell of oil, rubber and something else! Happily, the weather is improving, which seem...

Woke up today with a mission on my hands! - Sort out the resta my Queenstown bungys! So it was off into town to get chatting to the bungy staff and my former bosses! Id to get a letter to say i worked in the industry and then the bungys would be free! Nice one eh? So rang me old boss's and they faxed down a letter for me.. problem was it didnt c...