Bob’s Peak

Milford Sound

Roy’s Peak

Queenstown

We arrived at the Queenstown airport and took the city shuttle ($20 for 2 people) into the downtown area to our Hostel. You do not need a car to get around Queenstown.

Can’t miss:

• Quennstown Hill Hike

• Bob’s Peak

• Queenstown Gardens

• Skyline Gondala and Luge – luging was the highlight of QT for us

• Fergburger – call ahead

• Perky’s Floating Bar – take your Fergburger and eat it there!!

Stay: Haka Lodge Hostel

te anu / milford sound

We took the airport shuttle directly to the Go Rentals depot to pick up our car and head to Te Anu. It was an easy and beautiful 3 hour drive to Te Anu. From Te Anu, it is a more difficualt, but SO beautiful, hour and half drive through the mountains, valleys, and farmland to get to Milford Sound.

*If driving in the winter, like us, I strongly recommend keeping updated with the weather as it would be almost impossible to get through the mountains in the snow.

Can’t miss:

• Milford Sound – we did the Southern Discovery Cruise + Kayak

• Fiordland National Park

  • The Chasm Walk

  • Lake Marian

  • Mirror Lakes

• The Fat Duck

Stay: Lakefront Backpacker’s Hostel

Wanaka

The last leg of our trip was a four hour drive to through the Crown Ridge to Wanaka. If you’re going in the off season, I highly recommend checking the weather before you drive to ensure there is no snow on the Crown Ridge, otherwise take the alternate route.

Can’t miss:

• Arrowtown - this is a nice stop for lunch on the drive to Wanaka

• Skydive Wanaka – highlight of our whole trip

• Roy’s Peak – intense 5hr hike, but worth the view

• Wanaka Tree

• Blue Pools Track – fun place to swim in the summer

• Charlie Brown Crepes

• The Coffee Shack

• Glendhu Bay

Where to stay: YHA Purple Cow Hostel

It took us an easy 2 hours to get back to the Queenstown airport and drop off our rental car!