Queenstown (Queenstown)

Member Name: clairedooyoo

Product:	Queenstown
Date:	13/10/09 (51 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Beatutiful

Disadvantages: so far away from england

At the beginning of a five month long travelling trip, I spent the first 3 weeks in NewZealand which was amazing; the best week was spent in Queenstown. Although NZ has a lot of fantastic mountain scenery, none of them seem as beautiful as the ones surrounding Queenstown.

We got a flight from the North island as we were running out of time, we got a very good deal, paid about 100 dollars (40 pound). But there is a ferry connecting Wellington to Christchurch. If you do fly into Queenstown try and get a window seat as the scenery is amazing as you fly over the mountains and land in Queenstown.

Shuttle buses are the cheapest way to get from the airport to Queenstown. As we were driving into Queenstown the sun was setting and, although it sounds very corny, it honestly did take my breath away.

We stayed at hostel called 'The Black Sheep', this is a little out of the centre, but not a bad walk up a hill to it. It cost around 20 dollars (8pound) a night for a bed in a 6 bed dorm. We really loved our stay here, but as with everything, it was probably the people we met there rather than the hostel that made it a fantastic week.

Backpackers flock to Queenstown to do all the extreme activities it has to offer: bungy jump, helicopter ride over the remarkables, sky dive, lugeing, rafting, speed boat etc. Most agencies are around the same price for these activities, although you can buy packages of either 4 or 5 of the activities which does make it cheaper.

If you are not in Queenstown for the adventure you may be there for the famous 'fergburger', a small burger shop in the centre which sells massive burgers which many travellers live on for the time they are there.

Another brilliant reason to visit Queenstown is for the night life, there are loads of good bars, take some time to work out where the drink offers are, otherwise you may find yourself more than you would like. The black sheep hostel did a pub crawl a few nights a week (I think other hostels also offer this), which was a brilliant way of finding out where the crowd is and what time.

Summary: I love Queenstown and can't wait to go back one day!