Copthorne Hotel & Apartments Queenstown Lakeview

Travel Blogs from Queenstown

Autocar and the 350Z roadster road trip

A travel blog entry by aussiepanda

Day 10 Monday 17/11 Franz – Queenstown

Read about jet boat safari on Waitoto River in info book in room. Two and half hours from ocean to mountains. Book for midday. Leaves from somewhere near Haast. Stop at Fox Glacier and takes some pics. Only 6 degrees outside. Roads are all very good (they have been from the moment we left Picton …

Do any Kiwis work in Queenstown?

A travel blog entry by aussiepanda

Day 11 Tuesday 18/11 Queenstown

Great brekkie (included as well). Down to town and out on the TS Earnslaw. Very cold out on front deck but lovely view. Queenstown spectacular. Very hot inside as it's open to the engine room. Watch stokers shovelling coal into the furnace. Stopped at Walter Peak Station but didn’t get off. The captain …

Lord of the Rings

A travel blog entry by teamricketts

Hello blog followers! As we arrived to the airport in Christchurch, we were amazed nobody checked our ID's at any time nor were there any security checks in place. Ah the good old days in the states when security was lax and not a worry (late 80s?). Our flight on the puddle jumper was a quick 50 minutes to Queenstown and we had some great views of …

Queenstown

A travel blog entry by frawldog

... here also. The lake that it follows is so amazing. All these lakes in New Zealand are crystal clear and have snowy mountains in the background. I can’t say that I have ever seen lakes like this before in my life. The water is pretty much cold year round because it comes from the snowy mountains in the background of the lake and it makes the lake very cold. The last stop I made was to the top of the Tiki ...

Well, last night was a bad idea

A travel blog entry by nickpfarrell

Well, pretty much felt ok for most of the day, still woke up pretty late, but then I decided to head into town because Craig kept calling/texting me to come into town. They were playing frisbee golf and crazy golf - I didn't really have the energy to do that, so I decided to wait a bit and head into town after they were done.

I finally got motivation to go, but decided i didn't want to walk so I hitched in again. This nice guy picked me up and dropped me off in ...