Places to Explore In The Southern Alps and Fiordland

Discover the best places to explore in The Southern Alps and Fiordland with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Aoraki/Mt. Cook National Park

Endless rolling hills, bungy jumps off high bridges, the glittering Skytower of Auckland . . . so you think you've experienced the grandeur of New...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 4 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Arrowtown

Arrowtown is tucked into a corner at the foot of the steep Crown Range. It’s a quaint village that takes pride in the history of...

  • 8 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 6 Things To Do

Lake Manapouri and Doubtful Sound

Just 20 minutes south of Te Anau, Lake Manapouri has long had the reputation as one of New Zealand's prettiest lakes. The lake is hemmed...

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  • 0 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Mackenzie Country and Lake Tekapo

You will know you have reached the Mackenzie Country after you cross Burkes Pass and the woodland is suddenly replaced by high-country tussock grassland, which...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 3 Hotels
  • 5 Things To Do

Milford Sound

Fiordland National Park's most accessible and busiest attraction is Milford Sound; in some ways it's also the most dramatic. Hemmed in by walls of rock...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Mount Aspiring National Park

Roads only skirt the edge of this huge park, which compels you to hike, boat, and fly to see it. Only a winged, hoofed super-creature...

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  • 0 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Queenstown

Set on the edge of the glacial Lake Wakatipu, with stunning views of the sawtooth peaks of the Remarkables mountain range, Queenstown is the most...

  • 16 Restaurants
  • 6 Hotels
  • 18 Things To Do

Te Anau

Lake Te Anau (tay-ah-no), which is 53 km (33 miles) long and up to 10 km (6 miles) wide, is the largest lake in New...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 4 Hotels
  • 4 Things To Do

Twizel

A service town to its core, Twizel was built in 1968 as a base for workers constructing a major hydroelectric power plant. When the hydroelectric...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Wanaka

On the southern shore of Lake Wanaka, with some of New Zealand's most striking mountains behind it, Wanaka is the welcome mat for Mount Aspiring...

  • 6 Restaurants
  • 7 Hotels
  • 14 Things To Do

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