South Island Motels - Reviews and Rates

The flight from Auckland to Queenstown was just short of 2 hours and once we reached the south island the view was simply spectacular. It felt like we were flying over the movie set of Lord of the Rings with many of the jaggered peaks covered in snow and turquoise blue lakes below. Queenstown is surrounded by tall mountains and is set on Lake Wa...

We get picked up for our Lord of the Rings tour and only have one other person on the tour which is great. We're taken to Deer Heights which was filmed on for all 3 films and is owned by a farmer who now charges for the privilege. The guide goes through different scenes and how they were shot taking us to the exact spots and showing how they loo...

As Orla pulled out of the bungy jump....wimp! We decided to do hang-glidding instead.....so thats what we -did. The bus picked us up and we met our pilots -Wolfgang from Germany and Zander from Japan, so I was thinking which to go with a German or a Jap......hmmmmm a hard choice eh! so we didn't get a choice Orla was with the German and Kieran w...

I expected a crowded & busy place, a cross between Taupo and Apres Ski, and I was right: Queenstown is a tourist magnet with zillions of expensive activities. However, it made for a good place to celebrate Halloween! Plus, there is some stunning scenery surrounding Queenstown, and the hike up onto Mt Ben Lomond was nothing less than spectacu...

Today we went on the Shotover Jet Boat.... it is a 20 minute fun jet ride in a Canyon.... it is amazing and you do loads of 360 degree spins, you get wet and you fear for your life when you a jetting along the rocky river, skimming past rocks and taking sharp corners... all in a jet boat! You get chucked around and it is very cool, the boat goes...

Today is my third and last night in Queenstown. It's been nice, but also expensive, because with everything so very accessible and on display, I'm so tempted to spend money. But icebreaker has done it to me and I love their shirts. :o) Phone cards suck. Tried Kiaora, which treated me so well last time, this time they went up 40c a phone call com...

Arrived in Queenstown, known as the adrelalin capitol of New Zealand. There are plenty of ways to scare the *hit out of yourself, jump of a bridge, jump out a plane, put your self on a tray and zoom down the moutain, fly down river canyans on a jet boat, or maybe swing out at 128km/h over the town. I have gone for the highest bungee in the south...

Queenstown is definitely the place for the cool, young people of NZ. So obviously I fitted in perfectly. Before going into Queenstown we drove out to see Arrowtown, a small gold mining town that time left behind (ironically one of it's main streets is call Wiltshire St) and still looks like the wild west. I thought I might see two cowboys duel. ...

After Gra driving through the worst pass ever, with narrow roads and hairpin bends we arrived in Queenstown. you must have all heard of this place, the home of the bungy jump, jet boats etc. The town is set amid the Remarkables, a mountain range and on a lake so is very pretty. After our coffee break, and a look round the town we headed off with...

Finally hooked up with Misha and we had a much needed lunch. We got things settled at her hotel and then took a stroll around Queenstown. We decided to take the Skyline Gondola up and get the stunning view of Queenstown that it offers. Amidst brave bungy jumpers, luge riders and gliding parasails, we strolled along the loop track, stopping for a...