Fun Tours Queenstown New Zealand Attractions Reviews

Welcome to New Zealand's best tourist destination, Queenstown

Queenstown is arguably the main tourist destination of all South island cities and certainly has the growing reputation of being the adventure capital of New Zealand. Built around the shores of Lake Wakatipu not only is Queenstown a beautiful place to visit, it is a wonderful town to call your home.

Famous for the multitude of spectacular sightseeing opportunities in nearby Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound, visitors have a selection of the best ski slopes during the snow season, great trout fishing and thrilling adventure rides such as the Shotover River white water rafting and mind blowing jetboat rides.

The area around Queenstown was chosen by Peter Jackson, director of Lord of the Rings trilogy, for may of the scenes depicting Middle-earth. Locations such as the Road to Mordor, Misty Mountains, Pillars of the Kings, The Ford of Bruinen, Paradise, Lothlorien, Amon Hen, Isengard and The Ithilien Camp will be forever etched in the minds of movie buffs and are now tourist attractions in their own right. There are guided tours that you can take to these stunning area.

You have to take the Skyline Gondola up to Bob's Peak and marvel at the panoramic views and across Lake Wakatipu to the mountains beyond, just spectacular.

Use the navigation to the right to find out about the many spectacular things to do and the best hotels and guesthouses to stay in while your here. Above all, enjoy the area and please come back to this website and write a review about the time you have had in Queenstown, (good or bad), so that others may gain from your experiences.