Queenstown, New Zealand

Queenstown, New Zealand is a resort town in Otago, in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It has access to four world-class ski fields, and is surrounded by New Zealand's Southern Alps. The town was named because it was "...fit for Queen Victoria". New Zealanders sometimes refer to Queenstown as "Vegas by the Lake".

Highlights

• Lake Wakatipu - TSS Earnslaw, Kingston Flyer, Hydrofoil
• Adventure Tourism, jetboats, bungy jump, skiing
• Cricket (new One Day International venue) /Golf
• International Airport (NZ-Australia only)/Mountains - Flightseeing
• Skyline Gondola and luge
• Winter festival
• Goldmining, Arrowtown, Central Otago history, sheep farming and Walter Peak station.
• Southern Lakes District & Milford Sound/Homer Tunnel
• Glenorchy & Routeburn track