Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.ladybirdhill.co.nz
;
1 Pinot Noir Ct; mains $6-32; 10am-4pm Thu-Sun Aug-Jun)
Sure, you
can do it the easy way and simply order a leisurely lunch from the menu. Or you can
grab a rod, catch a salmon from the well-stocked ponds and wait until it's prepared,
smoked and served to your table ($37, which feeds two to three adults). Other attractions
include a kids' playground and walking tracks through the hillside vineyard.
Information
Omarama Hot Tubs doubles as the information office, and can assist with accommoda-
tion and transport information. See
www.discoveromarama.co.nz
for more information.
Getting There & Away
(from $42, 5¾ hours), Mt Cook Village (from $32, 1¼ hours), Twizel (from $13, 19
minutes), Cromwell (from $23, 1½ hours) and Queenstown (from $32, 2½ hours).
break before continuing on to Christchurch ($35, four hours), Lake Tekapo ($20, one
hour), Twizel ($20, 20 minutes), Cromwell ($25, 1½ hours) and Queenstown ($30, 2¼
hours).
MAORI NZ: OTAGO
The early Maori history of Otago echoes that of Canterbury (
Click here
)
, with Ngai
Tahu the dominant tribe at the time the British arrived. One of the first parcels of
land that Ngai Tahu sold was called the Otago block, a 1618-sq-km parcel of land
which changed hands in 1844 for £2400. The name Otago reflects the Ngai Tahu
pronunciation of Otakou, a small village on the far reaches of the Otago Peninsula,
where there's still a marae(Maori meeting place).
Dunedin's Otago Museum (
Click here
)
has the finest Maori exhibition in the
South Island, including an ornately carved waka taua(war canoe) and finely craf-
ted pounamu(greenstone). Maori rock art can still be seen in situ in the Waitaki
Valley.
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Waitaki Valley
