South Island Villas - Reviews and Rates

after leaving papamoa beach we drove down to rotorua. it was really pretty there and we saw a few thermal parks like hells gate and wai-o-tapu where we saw lots of sulphur baths, geysers and hot pools and other fascinating landscapes like yellow and red lakes! we went luging as well which was really fun. you take a cable car up a mounta...

Queenstown is the standard alpine dreamland. A gold town turned tourist action adventure playground catering primarily to middle upper class thrill seekers. It is a template that is emulated throughout the world Colorado, Canada, Switzerland, and pretty much any beautiful mountain ski area that has a sealed road connecting it to civilization. It...

Queenstown! The adventure capital of the world! I couldn't come to Queenstown, New Zealand and NOT participate in some sort of adventure activity. The first thing on the list was a bungy jump. Yes, bungy. So I went and signed up with AJ Hackett Bungy and was soon whisked away to the Kawarau Bridge. This site is where bungy was born, more or less...

The weather forecast is predicting very nice weather until Saturday, so we changed plans and decided to go through Queenstown and hike the Routeburn Track this week. We picked up a hitchiker on the way into Queenstown, and he gave us lots of good information on the Routeburn track, free Queenstown parking, the best burgers in town (FergBurger, f...

LIMA to CARACAS Sunday 16 November 2008 - Judith explored downtown Lima whilst Dan spent two hours in a supermarket buying a new camera! We had a farewell lunch for Lindsey who was off back to Blighty and then hit Chinatown, where rows upon rows of shops were selling polystyrene Christmas decorations (Christmas trees, father Christmas - you name...

23/12/2008 & 24/12/2008 Big journey ahead to make it to Queenstown, but there were several stops on the way of interest after leaving Franz Josef. First stop was to try and see Fox Glacier but the road leading up to it was unsuitable for camper vans and the walkers trail was closed to the public due to recent floods. Not a good start. Our su...

We had heard that Queenstown Winter Festival started on Friday the 27th, the day we arrived. Basically Queenstown is packed, and alsorts of shows and bands and fireworks and crazy stuff like jumping in the lake goes on. The setting is beautiful, right on lake Wakatipu, with mountians rising up all around us. We met our friends Dave and Kaz, and ...

Well it's been a while everyone lol! Anyway I thought it was about time that I finished this blog off with the last few entries it deserves! In my last entry it was my birthday eve and we'd just got to Queenstown for the second time to celebrate my birthday in that amazing place. It was at that point that Lilly, our Finnish friend we met on our ...

Yes, after a nice stop at lake Tekapo and taking in the views over Mount Cook and the shotover Canyon, we arrived at the home of extreme sports, Queenstown. Though a tourist epicentre, it's a very nice place, at the foot of greens mountains with a splendid view over lake Wakatipu. Though we did have the best view from our hostel over the lake as...

Milford Sound - gorgeous views, pouring rain, ephemeral waterfalls. Stopping in avalanche area to play in the snow, fur seals, blasting wind, free muffins and cookies, Seone's wedding, kiwi music - Zane Lowe's band, Mauri story of Lake Wakatipu, The Remarkables, mauri music night, gondola, sunset near Ben Lomond, lord of the rings country, bad w...