Wanaka Travel Guides

Wanaka Airport

Home to the famous War Birds Show, the Wanaka Airport has a wide variety of other operations and facilities. There are over 50 people who work in...

Driving to Lake Wanaka 

Drive via Queenstown - The drive from Queenstown to Lake Wanaka takes approximately 1 hour via the scenic Cardrona Valley. Hire cars are available...

The Clutha, Lake Wanaka

Natures artwork at its best, Lake Wanaka is a product of glacial activity over thousands of years. The surrounding mountains soar over 2000m above...

Rob Roy Glacier Track

The Rob Roy Glacier Track, in the Mount Aspiring National Park, is an exceptional day walk that takes you into the alpine zone in just a few...

Lindis Pass and Misty Mountains

The spectacular Lindis Pass links the Mackenzie Basin with Central Otago. The actual pass crosses a saddle between the valleys of the Lindis and...

Mount Aspiring National Park

Named for Mt Aspiring, one of New Zealand's highest peaks, this park, at its heart is a massive dreamland of wilderness - glaciers...

Clutha River

Flowing south-southeast for 340 kilometres through Central and South Otago to the Pacific Ocean, 75 kilometres south west of Dunedin, The Clutha...

Beacon Point Walk

Taking around 30 minutes each way, Beacon Point Walk starts at Bremner Bay and follows the shoreline of Lake Wanaka to Penrith Beach, providing...

Eely Point Walk

Eely Point Walk is a relativly short walk beside Lake Wanaka, starting at the boat ramps in Wanaka village.

Eely Point is reached in...

Waterfall Creek Walk

Starting at Wanaka Station Park on the left hand side of Roys Bay - which is the main beach in Lake Wanaka, Waterfall Creek Walk is a picturesque...

Mount Roy Track

The start of this track is right at the base of the Mount Roy mountain and a short 5 minute drive or a 6km bike ride from the township will take...

Cardrona River

Stretching between queenstown and lake wanaka, the Cardrona River is the first tributary of the Clutha River, which it meets only five kilometres...

Lake Outlet Walk

Lake Outlet Walk is a well-formed track beside the Clutha River and provides spectacular scenic views over the local landscape and waterways. Its...

Diamond Lake Track

From the Mount Aspiring Road take a sign posted right turn about 25 minutes drive out of Wanaka at the end of Hospital Flat.

The 3-hour...

Haast Pass

The drive from Wanaka to the West Coast passes through th spectacular Haast Pass. This route was a traditional pathway for Maori journeying west...

Mount Iron Track

The access track begins 2 km from Wanaka and climbs through farmland and low Manuka woodland on the western slopes to the summit. The track is...