DESTINATION SOOTH
Our travel editor, Les Bloxham, spent last week investigating the winter attractions and tourist facilities of the Southern Lakes region of the South Island. His illustrated reports on Queenstown, Te Anau, Fiordland, Wanaka, and the Central Otago towns of Cromwell and Alexandra appear over the following eight pages.
Nowhere in New Zealand, or indeed for that matter anywhere in the world, is there a more compact area offering holidaymakers such a comprehensive range of tourist attractions, sporting facilities, and scenic grandeur as that inland region of Otago and Southland known simply as “The Southern Lakes.” Extending from Wanaka in the north to ManapouriJn the southland westwards across Fiordland from the southern sounds to Milford, the area encompasses 250 square kilometres of magnificent country that is equally appealing in summer and winter. At this time of the year much of the focus on the Southern Lakes is centred on the spacious skifields of Queenstown and Wanaka which, after last week’s heavy falls of snow, are now in full swing with virtually assured ideal conditions for the winter months ahead. But the region is really much more than a playground for skiers. There is a wealth of other attractions tobcupy.the interest of visitors without going anywhere near the snow. As the information on the following pages indicates, they
can enjoy the thrills of jet boating through river gorges and the shallows, or riding on rafts through white-water rapids; cruising more leisurely on lakes and sounds; or taking flights of fancy in comfortably heated aircraft over scenery that is world famous for its sheer rugged beauty. The region beckons at our back door; easily accessible by road or air. An overseas travel writer who flew 16,000 kilometres to spend three days in Queenstown a couple of weeks ago told me he was surprised that New Zealanders should ever wish to holiday in other lands. Perhaps he has a point.—LES BLOXHAM.
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