South Island Hotels - Reviews and Rates

So we left Dundin heading North towards Oamaru, but before we left we had a detour to make.

A detour that would take us to the World's Steepest Street. Baldwin Street has a gradient of 1 in 1,266 and was very scary to look at - the houses look like they are leaning over - obviously they arent though - but they do have stilts at one side o...

Hi from Queenstown!!! Today is my Gramae's birthday so first, Happy Birthday Gramae! Today we did a lot of things that my Gramae probably would not like to do, but they were very fun! First, after Mom and Dad went for runs, we went to the Shotover River right by our house to ride the jetboat. I did not know what to expect, but it was awesome! I ...

Since we wanted 2009 to be a special year, we thought that we should spend the first day of the year doing something special; and swimming with dolphins in Akaroa promised to be just that thing. Akaroa just is another tourist site located between the ocean and the mountain and it is the only place in NZ colonized by the French in the early 1800'...

(Written by Mom) Creeksyde Holiday Park was only two blocks from downtown Queenstown. We decided to explore and once again boost the NZ economy. We ate on the wharf at a place called Finz, which had an amazing view of the Remarkables snow-topped mountain range. After dinner we decided to check out the Minus 5 degree Ice Bar. They gave you Arctic...

At shortly after midday today Queenstown time (that's shortly after 11pm Thursday UK time) Sam finally got to fling herself from an insane height off a stupidly high platform with some elastic between that and the tree strewn mountainside below. I have to admit that she definitely picked the most picturesque background for her first leap into th...

Marvelling at the kiwi birds and Maori traditions. Enjoying Fergburger (I had almost two whole Bun Ladens in two days). Sleeping by the Wakatipu lake in our camper van. Oh and Simon jumped off a plane. Onneksi olkoon elakoityneelle isalle. Mitahan tulevaisuuden projektit pitavat sisallaan? Nyt on ainakin aikaa tulla Walesiin kaymaan :) Enka muut...

KT: As I said before, our time in Queenstown was interrupted by our trip to Milford. QT is a stunning place. The lake very beautiful with views of the mountains. Lots of activities going on, which we just watched this time round. We went to see the famous AJ Hackett bungy jump at Kawarau Bridge. Unbelievable how many people were doing it and the...

Another weary, long route from town to town. Still, New Zealand continues to deliver astounding views. The Atomic Shuttle is considerate enough to pause at the odd viewpoint so we passengers can take a happy snap. Our first drop is along the Haast Pass at Fantail Falls. I feel tormented by DoC signs for tracks and huts. I feel I should be disemb...

Didn't have to leave Wanaka until 2:30pm today, so checked out of the hostel about 10am and went for another wander around the town. Down by the lakeside there was Photo Exhibition called 'Earth from above'. A collection of photos from around the world, taken from a helicopter from between 30ft and 3000ft. Quite interesting, by a guy named Yann ...

We made it to the sun, hooray! Our last few days in NZ were fun, the sun did come out a bit and we went to the pub a lot and one night to minus 5, a bar made completely from ice, I heard they have these in London and have wanted to go for ages. Even our glasses and the seats were made from ice and you have to wear a special coat, gloves and boot...