queenstown & southern lakes

This region feels like another world. Queenstown has a growing reputation as a year-round international golf destination, where it’s easy to find the perfect round.

For some that means the immaculately groomed greens of a resort course while others long for a simple fairway kept in check by a flock of high country merino sheep.  Others jump at the chance to mix with a local club, making up a four with local people.

The New Zealand Golf Open at The Hills in late 2007 and early 2009 and 2010 has helped to shine the international golfing spotlight on the region.

Right next door, the Sir Bob Charles designed Millbrook course is considered by some to be one of the finest alpine golf courses in the world. The course has had nine new holes added, and the existing championship 18 has undergone a makeover.

The spectacular golf course at Jack’s Point, set on the edge of Lake Wakatipu, combines breathtaking terrain and cutting-edge golf architecture to create a golfing paradise.

The Kelvin Heights course features a hole ranked among the most scenic in the world, while locally favoured Arrowtown course offers breathtaking scenery and traps for the unwary. There’s a driving range at the 9-hole practice course in Frankton and at Glenorchy.

There are a number of tours and packages available in Queenstown designed to cater for single to large groups and every style of golfer.

other activities

Queenstown & the Southern Lakes are hubs for adventure tourism and have unsurpassed menus of thrills from skydiving, whitewater rafting, hang-gliding, jetboating the spectacular Dart River from Glenorchy, to more easy-going activities like wine tours. Pinot Noir from this region is among the best in the world. Visit www.queenstown-nz.co.nz to review the options.