Walking Must-Do's of Lower South Island

HIGHLIGHTS

• Chug across Queenstown's Lake Wakatipu aboard the 107-year-old TSS Earnslaw steamship.

• Soar up steep mountainside to Bob’s Peak on the Queenstown gondola and then zoom halfway back down on the renowned luge.

• Try Gibbston Valley's world-famous wine and 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 former 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 always captivating.

• The Catlins’ roving roads are a driver’s dream and Stewart Island (New Zealand’s third island) offers a wild, rugged excuse to get off the grid.

WALKS

1. ROYS PEAK TRACK

2. QUEENSTOWN HILL TIME WALK

3. BANNOCKBURN SLUICINGS

4. ROUTEBURN TRACK

5. MILFORD TRACK

6. KEPLER TRACK

7. SOUTH HILL WALKWAY

8. MOERAKI BOULDERS BEACH WALK & MILLENNIUM WALKWAY

9. HARBOURSIDE PATH, DUNEDIN

10. NUGGET POINT/TOKATA WALKS

11. CATHEDRAL CAVES WALK

12. RAKIURA TRACK

Main Image: The Remarkables © Rachel King