Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Dunedin & Otago Highlights
Experiencing a heritage past, and a possible Steampunk future, in kooky
Oamaru
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)
Peering at penguins, admiring albatross and staring at seals on
Otago Peninsula
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)
Exploring New Zealand's southern heritage in quaint backcountry villages such as
Ophir
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)
and
Naseby
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)
Taste-testing some of the planet's best pinot noir in the wineries scattered around
Cromwell
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)
Sampling local beers and listening out for local bands in the bars and cafes of
Dunedin
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)
Cycling through lonely vistas of brown and gold along the
Otago Central Rail Trail
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)
Winding through gorges, alongside canyons and across tall viaducts on the snaking
Taieri Gorge Railway
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)
Getting There & Around
Air New Zealand
( 0800 737 000;
www.airnewzealand.co.nz
)
flies from Dunedin to Christchurch,
only train services are heritage trips from Dunedin to Middlemarch and Dunedin to Palmer-
ston. The main bus routes follow SH1 or SH8.