Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, CC0

New 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.

Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Prices and opening times change, so it is worth checking official sources before you travel.