LOWER SOUTH ISLAND
Walking Must-Do’s of Lower South Island Frankton Beach, Queenstown © Adobe Stock
DON'T MISS • Take the boat across Lake Te Anau to the waterfall and glowworm grotto. • Visit Fiordland National Park's with over one million hectares of mountains, lakes and fiords. • Chug across Queenstown's Lake Wakatipu aboard the 109-year-old TSS Earnslaw steamship. • Soar up steep mountainside to Bob’s Peak on the Queenstown gondola and then zoom halfway down on the renowned luge. • Try Gibbston Valley's world-famous wine and
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lock lips with Central Otago’s tastiest export, pinot noir. • Cardrona Distillery is the world's most southern whisky distillery and Cardrona Hotel opened in 1863. Admire the vintage Chrysler parked outside and head to the beer garden. • Visit one of the four islands sprinkled across Wanaka’s glass-like lake. • In Arrowtown, heritage buildings flank wide, leafy streets and there's a 1880s village once occupied by Chinese gold miners.
• Ōamaru boasts tiny blue penguins, steampunk culture and an historic Victorian precinct. • The sphere-shaped Moeraki Boulders are utterly captivating. • Visit Bill Richardson Transport World in Invercargill. • Taste a world-famous Bluff oyster. • The Catlins’ roving roads are a driver’s dream and Stewart Island offers a wild, rugged excuse to get off the grid.
