Heritage Queenstown

Adventure Canada/Heritage Expeditions "adventure" tour, starting at Queenstown, Milford Sound then by ship around the south end....

... " on hikes because it will "get us there faster" (thank you very much UNCLE RICK!). Well in the beautiful town of Queenstown I treated myself to several gorgeous and vigorous hikes. I thought for a bit there that maybe I had managed to skip that gene in ...

... waterfalls. We were particularly captivated by the Seven Veils. We sailed all the way to the Tasman sea before doubling back to the through Mitre Peak. After a full day of exploring we took the bus back to Queenstown for some much needed ...

... flight: Raleigh, NC to Dallas, TX, then to Los Angels, CA, then to Auckland , NZ  and  finally to Queenstown (via Ansett Airlines), we settled into our hotel. Immediately the charm of New Zealand took hold of us. We spent the evening catching ...

... often half the fun, and I had some amazing views driving along the west coast of the South Island. My friend Amy visited Queenstown two years ago, and described it as Adult Disneyland. It definitely is! It is a resort town known for extreme activities, ...

... this morning a leisurely 4 hour drive through Twizel across the Lindis Pass through Cromwell and down the Kawarau Gorge to Queenstown, the adrenaline junkies paradise and a must for all backpackers and visitors alike. We made a couple of photo stops ...

... km long. It reminded us of lakes in Banff, Canada, and Lake Louise in particular. Then we hit the road again for Queenstown, passing through orchards (peaches, plums, apples) along the way. We saw para-gliders and small planes in this play-filled area ...

... and Queenstown are ….yes…again stunning…you feel like you are in heaven descending to earth.  Queenstown is surrounded by mountains the largest mountain range called "The Remarkables" provide a spectacular backdrop on the Wakatipu ...

... saw the eels and ducks in the lake from underwater.  Cute.  Natasha in the meantime, was interviewing the head of Queenstown Tourism......or someone equally important.  We met up at the pub aptly named "Guilty", before heading next door to ...

... lady got Cathy stoked about jumping out of an airplane... The next day, we had an appointment to go on a Glacier Helicopter tour around Queenstown.  It was sooo awesome!  Again, we took a ton of pics but only posted a few.  Cathy got a ...

hi All been hectic since we hit Queenstown Friday afternoon not much freetime to blog. We have lots to blog might be Wednesday before can update about this amazing place. But will I have done the bungy jump? Watch this ...

Queenstown is in  a spectacular mountain location with variable weather to match.  We arrived yesterday afternoon in sunshine after a very scenic flight - views of mount Cook and lakes and glaciers.   The place is geared to tourists ...

We left Te Anau at 9am for an estimated three hour drive to Queenstown, probably the best known destination on the South Island. The countryside consisted of beautiful hills and mountains and we stopped often to get photographs that would remind us of ...

... but clear skies and sunshine was wonderful. We travelled to Arrowtown a short drive from Queenstown. Interesting historic gold mining town with protected heritage buildings. Interesting museum and also a McKillop school house. Apparently sister Mary got ...

... a campfire in the snow and a few Speights, when in Rome and that.  It was out on the town that night, great place Queenstown.    Next day, we rented our gear, got our ski passes, put the snow chains on the jeep and drove to the top of ...

... someone with that much adrenaline pumping through them to be driving along some of these roads!) and eventually made it to Queenstown. Booked into yet another lovely hostel with a balcony outside our room overlooking the town and mountains. We had a ...

... some Speights!! We just hung out on the deck and saw amazing stars from the deck, talked about traveling, favorite places, life in Queenstown, and other random stuff... Was a great night! The next day we had to catch our flight to Sydney at 1pm so ...

... hillsides with little or no vegetation, large quarry like excavations, steep, barren hillsides, really quite a weird sensation. Arrived Queenstown right on dark, checked into our accommodation at the Empire Hotel, pretty basic really, but a heritage ...

... a bungy in the world was 10 years old and the  oldest was a staggering 94 years of age. Once we finally reached Queenstown, we discovered that not for the first time we were the last drop off, which provided us with an opportunity to bid an ...

... NZ's 3rd largest, is 378m deep and also rises and falls up to 12cms every 5 minutes) and the Frankton Arm. Staying tonight at Queenstown's Lakeview Caravan Park in Brecon St, about 100m from the base of the Gondola, which we will take tomorrow to get an ...