South Island Ranches - Reviews and Rates

Queenstown is a small town which is surrounded by mountains and has a large lake to its south. Most people visit Queenstown to take part in the variety of adrenalin sports that are available such as Bungy jumping, paragliding, jet boating, sky diving and many more. So I (Ben) decided to do a bungy jump. And not just any bungy jump - the highest ...

So New Zealand so fr what a place absolutley amazing Christchurch This is a nice little charming city where they ask me for id at bars when i a obviously over 18 or ir is probably that i still am keeping my beautiful youthful looks - i wish. We just walked around the city and it has some cool parks and quirky little street swith their cool trams...

Travelling back to Queenstown after our beautiful night in Doubtful Sound meant we had an extra morning to fit in some fun activities before making the mammoth drive across to Christchurch to catch our flight. We decided to check out Dart Stables in Glenorchy, home of several Lord of the Rings locations, for a 2 hour jaunt through the countrysid...

A very chilly hello from Queenstown New Zealand! I havent been writing much lately as much hasn't really happened! I arrived into Christchurch on the second where I intended to stay for 2 days max before moving down to Queenstown; I ended up getting stuck for 5 due to the heavy snow up in the mountains near Queenstown all the roads were closed. ...

it snowed today! we woke up to huge wet flurrys coming down and blowing around! when i was in town this morning, i tried to take a few pictures of the snow on the mountains, but many of them were still covered by the snow clouds. i will try to take some (mabye tomorrow?) in town when the sun comes out and the moutains are more visable. i leave f...

We tried to book hostels but they were all full, as a result we have to stay in a crummy 58% backpacker's, and share a double bed! Apparently this is a common occurrence, as the Dutch guys who shared our dorm room had to sleep in our bed yesterday, until the single dorm beds became available. You could really see the loathe in the Dutch guy's ey...

We have just arrived into Queenstown and the sky is completely clear. On the flight in we saw lots of mountains and lakes and not too much else. We are now checked in our room which is on the lowest floor. As we are in the cheap rooms we did not expect much but as you can see from the photo the view is amazing. There are also lots of bars that a...

Having woken up from the first night of camping wondering what it was like to feel warm I stoked up the previous nights fire and burnt the remaining wood we had collected. Mike and Sofie eventually dragged themselves out into the cold at about 10am and we started the packing up of the tent. We had decided that that day would be spent checking ou...

Our last full day in Q-Town was sent chillin out and getting ready for our big hike of the trip. Tomorrow we leave for the Routeburn Track. Our hike will be a three night trip so we need to get our food and supplies ready to go. We were treated to dinner at a local pizza joint called Whinnies. They had a roof that would periotically open up to l...

So now I'm in Queenstown which is full of adrenaline pumping things to do all which cost $$ though so I'll be sticking to some magnificent walks. Walked up a 1,500 foot hill today to the top of the gondola that runs here for a wonderful overview of the city. This city also sits on a lake which is crystal clear and beautiful like everything else ...