
Gibbston Valley Wine Region
Kawarau Bridge, Gibbston, Queenstown, 9384, New Zealand
Gibbston Valley is the Queenstown region's wine country — a narrow schist-walled valley between Queenstown and Cromwell whose Pinot Noir production has put Central Otago on the global wine map since the 1980s.

Glenorchy (Day Trip)
Glenorchy, New Zealand
Glenorchy is a tiny settlement (population 450) at the head of Lake Wakatipu — 45 kilometres from Queenstown via one of New Zealand's most scenic drives, a 45-minute road that hugs the lake shore with mountain views that have been used as filming locations for Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, X-Men Origins, and countless other productions.

Milford Sound (Day Trip)
39 Lucas Pl, Frankton, Queenstown, 9300, New Zealand
Milford Sound (Piopiotahi) is New Zealand's most iconic natural wonder — a 15-kilometre glacier-carved fiord in Fiordland National Park whose sheer cliffs rise 1,200 metres directly from the dark water, where waterfalls cascade hundreds of metres from clouds hanging between the peaks, and where the 1,692-metre Mitre Peak rises straight out of the sea.

Routeburn Track
Queenstown, New Zealand
The Routeburn Track is one of New Zealand's 10 Great Walks — a 32-kilometre, three-day tramping route that crosses the Southern Alps from the Routeburn Shelter near Glenorchy to The Divide near Milford Sound.
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