Otago, Invercargill, and Stewart Island
We’ve compiled the best of the best in Otago, Invercargill, and Stewart Island - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
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We’ve compiled the best of the best in Otago, Invercargill, and Stewart Island - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
Galleries in an 1877 building are a throwback to Victorian times. The museum's first curator was a zoologist, and many of the original animals collected...Read More
The wild and exposed eastern tip of the Otago Peninsula is the site of a breeding colony of royal albatrosses. Among the largest birds in...Read More
More than 300 trucks and VW Kombis (that's a VW bus, to Americans) are on display, alongside motoring memorabilia and petrol bowsers—or, again for Americans,...Read More
In the tiny seaport township of Bluff ("The Bluff" to locals) you can taste the coveted namesake oysters. An annual festival, held in May, wallows...Read More
A Local's Tail is a quirky 40-minute movie about life on Stewart Island as told by Lola the dog. At three screenings most days (11...Read More
Relax and enjoy the birdsong of bellbirds, woodpigeon, and tūī amid 70 acres of international and native flora at New Zealand's first ever public garden....Read More
The shell of an original municipal building has been paired with a sweeping, modern, glass facade to house a collection that includes European masters Monet,...Read More
The 1906 Dunedin Railway Station, a cathedral to the power of steam, is a massive bluestone structure in Flemish Renaissance style, lavishly decorated with heraldic...Read More
Invercargill's most famous sight is a 100-year-old hardware store that stocks every little thing you can think of. It's totally yin-yang (grandma-grandpa) with one half...Read More
On the south side of Moray Place, the church is not vast, but it's still impressive, with a base of Oamaru stone topped by a...Read More
High on a hilltop with commanding views from its battlements, the grand baronial fantasy of William Larnach, an Australian-born businessman and New Zealand politician, was...Read More
Milford Galleries, a major fine-art dealer, presents solo and group exhibitions of New Zealand paintings, drawings, sculpture, glasswork, ceramic art, and photography. Among the artists...Read More
These giant spherical rocks are concretions that were formed by a gradual buildup of minerals around a central core. Some boulders have sprung open, revealing—no,...Read More
Penguins at Friendly Bay might be present any time of the year, and tours and viewing opportunities run day and evening. There's a small visitor...Read More
The surf at this spot 9.5 km (6 miles) southeast of town is often too rough for swimming, but locals do swim in summer, and...Read More
A 30-minute drive northeast of Dunedin is a 759-acre forest where native plants and wildlife thrive in relative safety surrounded by an 8.7-km (5-mile) predator-proof...Read More
This conservation project is entirely funded by guided tours of the private reserve. If you'd like to observe the world's most endangered penguin in its...Read More
These 200 acres in the center of town create a fine layout of public gardens. Included are two rose gardens with both modern and "antique"...Read More
This charmingly eclectic and extensive collection telling the island's history includes Māori artifacts, ambergris, old schoolhouse memorabilia, tools from gold and tinning prospectors, even a...Read More
Let 265 km (164 miles) of trail unfurl at your feet into pure wilderness when you enter Rakiura National Park: the rest of the world...Read More
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