Copthorne Queenstown

Back in car, heading for Queenstown. Found a room at The Copthorne Hotel there, settled in and then walked into town for a look around before returning to the hotel for a drink and rest before going into town again for meal, which we had at the Pig and ...

Sunday, 5th Feb....the Glaciers, Wanaka, Arrowtown and Queenstown Our destination for Sunday night was Queenstown so we set off on Sunday morning to walk to the Franz Joseph Glacier - it was about an hour return walk but was well worth it. This is one ...

... started snowing as we got close to queenstown. We couldnt help but put a christmas song on and make the most of it :D We arrived in Queenstown and i directed laura to the hotel. We went to check in and the lady said we were in the wrong one, we were in ...

... do and ended up at an airfield waiting for a 15,000 sky dive!  Well if you are going to do something exciting in Queenstown then that is it!  However, after 2 hours of nerves and watching all of the people in my group drop from the sky ...

... of the view.  We also posted a few pictures of when we were staying in Blenheim (at the Copthorne Hotel Marlborough). So, we arrived in Queenstown on Wednesday and was totally awed by the scenery...  The hotel we're staying at is a ...

... boy. The magnetic draw of my favorite hotel chain has finally drawn me in and i'm now working behind the bar of the Copthorne Queenstown. As mentioned before, it is a money saving ploy, working 2 jobs and minimising spending. How long it will be until ...

Paul writes: From Te Anau to Queenstown, that's the plan, where we've a reservation at the Copthorne for tonight and Paul has a bungy jump booked for 3:00pm at the original bungy jump location in the world: Kawarau Suspension Bridge, 14 kilometers east of ...

... - it was definitely like something from a history book. The trip itself was almost two hours long and we basically travelled from Queenstown down to Walter's Peak (where there is a restaurant, farm and other activities) and then back to Queenstown. While ...

... several times that these roads were made for his S2000! Thankfully for me, that is not what we rented!! We came into Queenstown expecting another tourist trap and were so surprised to see this great little town on Lake Wakatipu. It is like Vail, CO ...

... to sample of the local Otago wineries was a good choice. We visited four wineries in and around the towns of Queenstown, Frankton and Arrowtown: Gibbston Valley, Peregrin Wines, Chard Farm and Amiesfield Wines where we samples a variety of still and ...

... navigation systems on the aircraft was malfunctioning which was a problem because the primary landing guidance system at Queenstown Airport was offline for maintenance. We arrived without incident at Christchurch and were routed to a new aircraft. ...

Then it was over to Drift Bay where we had some spectacular views of Lake Wakatipu, the town of Queenstown and The Remarkables. The latter names because during the morning they are coloured steel grey, then middary more of a pale rust, and finally in the ...

... that was lost in the mountains for 7 years who has become famous in New Zealand children’s books and commercials. Arrived in Queenstown at 6:30PM to great weather in the 60’s. Nice little place. We walked down to the center and went to Cow ...

A quiet day in Queenstown. After laundry, we went downtown and had a good lunch at Pog Malones. We did some shopping and paid a brief visit to donate money at the casino. Roger and Bob went up the Gondola to get a better look at ...

... for the next few days.  We cashed in one of our days skiing for a gondola ride and buffet dinner overlooking Queenstown that evening and headed back to the motel to try and calm down.   After cooling down (emotionally that is) we ...

... excellent- Scott and I had our own bus all to ourselves until Cromwell.  Here we changed to another bus before arriving at Queenstown at 7.30pm.  It has been a long day filled with lots of beautiful scenery. Xoxoxox  Tanya and Scott PS We ...

... New Zealand is my new favorite airline.  If only I could actually fly on them again.) and as soon as we got close to Queenstown, we were in awe.  You could see the tops of the mountains coming through the clouds!  It was amazing.  And ...

... 1 PM and got the good news that the road was open and we were on the bus and moving within minutes. We ended up getting back to Queenstown by 5:30 PM. We were moving. It took us 7 ½ hours to get to Milford Sound and 4 ½ hours to get back. Real Journey's ...

So we decided to have a lie in this morning seeing as we didnt have to be anywehre at a certain time - 11am we got up! disgraceful. We went into town and managed to book the shotover jet for the after noon :) We had lunch at a mexican place and then ...