3 Local Spots in Queenstown Tourists Don't Know About
3 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Fergburger
42 Shotover Street, Queenstown
Fergburger is Queenstown's most famous food business — an unpretentious burger counter on Shotover Street that opened in 2001 and has become a global tourism phenomenon, regularly topping 'best burger in the world' lists and drawing queues that can wrap around the block at peak times.
Underwater Observatory & Beach
Main Town Pier, Queenstown
The Queenstown Underwater Observatory is a small underwater viewing chamber at the end of the main town pier — 20 metres long, 3 metres below the surface, with large windows that allow visitors to observe native New Zealand trout (both brown and rainbow, escaped from the 19th-century European introductions and now flourishing wild), eels, scaup ducks swimming underwater, and the occasional long-finned native dwarf galaxias.
Vudu Cafe & Larder
16 Rees Street, Queenstown
Vudu Café & Larder is Queenstown's best-loved brunch café — a small, casual spot on Rees Street near the main harbour that has been serving the town's defining breakfast and lunch for over two decades, with consistent quality and atmosphere that has earned it recommendations in nearly every New Zealand travel guide.
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