Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC0New Zealand
Queenstown
A small lakeside town organised almost entirely around getting outside: hiking, water and mountains within minutes.
Best over 5 days£££ cost levelWalkability 4/5
Good for
- Adventure
- Hiking
- Nature
- Water activities
When to go
Usually at its best in December, January, February, March.
How we plan it
We pull real places from open map data for Queenstown, rank them against what you’ve told us you enjoy, then order the day so the route makes sense and everything is actually open when you’d arrive. Change any of it afterwards and the rest adapts around what you keep.