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2010 Queenstown Ski & Snow Board Holidays
7 day land package from just $748 per person, share twin
Queenstown easily combines the thrill of skiing or boarding some of New Zealand’s most challenging alpine terrain with après ski party nights that will be long-remembered – or not! Queenstown is also very family-friendly with skifields, activities and restaurant options the kids will love.
** Queenstown Winter Festival Dates: 25 June - 4 July 2010 **
Our Queenstown ski packages allow you to make the most of your Queenstown skiing holiday at either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables, or both. They include 3 days of skiing, plus 2 free days to explore and enjoy some of Queenstown's other famous activities and attractions. Take advantage of our free booking service for additional sightseeing!
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| 7 Days / 6 Nights - Queenstown Ski Itinerary: |
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Arrive Queenstown |
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Ski Coronet Peak or The Remarkables |
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Ski Coronet Peak or The Remarkables |
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Ski Coronet Peak or The Remarkables |
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Free day to enjoy some of Queenstown's famous attractions & activities |
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Free day for more fabulous sightseeing, shopping or leisure |
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Depart Queenstown |
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Accommodation Options:
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Spectacular Optional Excursions
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FREE bonus: Book any of these ski holidays with South Pacific Travellers' World by 30 June 2010 and receive one free Skyline Gondola ticket per person to use at your leisure during your Queenstown stay. Valued at NZ$23 per adult.
Enjoy spectacular views from the Skyline of Queenstown resort, magnificent Lake Wakatipu and the rugged snow-capped mountain backdrop. (Cannot be exchanged for cash or contra.) |
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| Stay Oak Shores Hotel from only NZ$748 per person. |
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Located on magnificent Lake Wakatipu, Oakes Shores is a contemporary apartment style hotel , just a short distance from Queenstown's shopping and restaurant precinct.
Waterfront location with walking track and lake access, landscaped courtyard, sauna and fully equipped gym, private lockers for ski storage, undercover car parking, daily room service option, guest laundry, Sky TV and more. Your studio hotel room features tea/coffee making facilities, underfloor heating and ensuite bathroom (no cooking facilities). Upgrades to self catering apartments available on request.
Please note: no onsite restaurant.
Qualmark rating: 5 star self contained & serviced.
This 7 Days / 6 Nights Oak Shores Ski Package includes:
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| Option 1 - Seat in Coach - NZ$748 per person, share twin |
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- South Pacific Travellers World welcome pack with travel documents
- 6 nights' studio hotel accommodation at Oaks Shores, or similar, share twin, room basis
- Queenstown airport arrival and departure transfers
- 3 day multiday lift pass package to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- 3 days of ski bus shuttle transfers to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (12.5%)
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| Option 2 - Self Drive Car - NZ$839 per person, share twin |
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- South Pacific Travellers World welcome pack with travel documents
- 6 nights' studio hotel accommodation at Oaks Shores, or similar, share twin, room basis
- 7 days' compact rental car (CCAR 1.8 litre Toyota Corolla or similar), with unlimited kms (priced on 6 days - you get one day FREE)
- 3 day multiday lift pass package to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (12.5%)
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| Option 3 - Self Drive 4WD - NZ$1003 per person, share twin |
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- South Pacific Travellers World welcome pack with travel documents
- 6 nights' studio hotel accommodation at Oaks Shores, or similar, share twin, room basis
- 7 days' medium 4WD (IFAR Toyota Rav4 or similar), with unlimited kms (priced on 6 days - you get one day FREE)
- 3 day multiday lift pass package to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (12.5%)
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| Stay Blue Peaks Motel from only NZ$790 per person |
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Situated on a rise overlooking Queenstown, Blue Peaks Motel is very conveniently located, just an easy five minutes' walk from the village centre. This property is a great choice for those wishing to enjoy comfortable, well-appointed motel accommodation with the convenience of a superb, central location. Self catering facilities included. Very family friendly.
Qualmark rating: 4 star motel
This 7 Days / 6 Nights Blue Peaks Motel Ski Package includes:
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| Option 1 - Seat in Coach - NZ$790 per person, share twin |
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- South Pacific Travellers World welcome pack with travel documents
- 6 nights' motel accommodation at Blue Peaks, or similar, share twin, room basis
- Queenstown airport arrival and departure transfers
- 3 day multiday lift pass package to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- 3 days of ski bus shuttle transfers to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (12.5%)
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| Option 2 - Self Drive Car - NZ$881 per person, share twin |
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- South Pacific Travellers World welcome pack with travel documents
- 6 nights' motel accommodation at Blue Peaks, or similar, share twin, room basis
- 7 days' compact rental car (CCAR 1.8 litre Toyota Corolla or similar), with unlimited kms (priced on 6 days - you get one day FREE)
- 3 day multiday lift pass package to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (12.5%)
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| Option 3 - Self Drive 4WD - NZ$1046 per person, share twin |
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- South Pacific Travellers World welcome pack with travel documents
- 6 nights' motel accommodation at Blue Peaks, or similar, share twin, room basis
- 7 days' medium 4WD (IFAR Toyota Rav4 or similar), with unlimited kms (priced on 6 days - you get one day FREE)
- 3 day multiday lift pass package to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (12.5%)
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| Stay Goldridge Resort from only NZ$797 per person |
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Situated on a 5.5 acre ridge overlooking Lake Wakatipu and directly facing the spectacular Remarkables mountains, Goldridge Resort enjoys some of the most awe-inspiring lake and alpine views Queenstown has on offer. Just minutes from the airport, with a free bus shuttle to take you into town. Ski shuttles pick up from the base of the property. Free on-site parking.
Standard and superior lakeview rooms offer excellent panoramas and provide ultimate comfort and modern conveniences. A very family friendly property with family rooms available.
The bistro restaurant boasts outstanding views, high quality food and a warm, friendly evening atmosphere by the fireplace.
Qualmark rating: 3 star hotel
This 7 Days / 6 Nights Goldridge Resort Ski Package includes:
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Option 1 - Self Drive Car / Standard Lakeview Room
NZ$797 per person, share twin |
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- South Pacific Travellers World welcome pack with travel documents
- 6 nights' hotel accommodation at Goldridge Resort, or similar, share twin, standad lakeview room basis
- 7 days' compact rental car (CCAR 1.8 litre Toyota Corolla or similar), with unlimited kms (priced on 6 days - you get one day FREE)
- 3 day multiday lift pass package to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (12.5%)
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Option 2 - Self Drive Car / Superior Lakeview Room
NZ$850 per person, share twin |
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- South Pacific Travellers World welcome pack with travel documents
- 6 nights' hotel accommodation at Goldridge Resort, or similar, share twin, superior lakeview room basis
- 7 days' compact rental car (CCAR 1.8 litre Toyota Corolla or similar), with unlimited kms (priced on 6 days - you get one day FREE)
- 3 day multiday lift pass package to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (12.5%)
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Option 3 - Self Drive 4WD / Superior Lakeview Room
NZ$1015 per person, share twin |
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- South Pacific Travellers World welcome pack with travel documents
- 6 nights' hotel accommodation at Goldridge Resort, or similar, share twin, superior lakeview room basis
- 7 days' medium 4WD (IFAR Toyota Rav4 or similar), with unlimited kms (priced on 6 days - you get one day FREE)
- 3 day multiday lift pass package to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (12.5%)
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| Stay Kingsgate Hotel Terraces from only NZ$857 per person |
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Enjoy the Kingsgate hospitality in the heart of Queenstown. Spacious rooms all have large private balconies for you to enjoy spectacular lake and alpine views. In-room amenities include mini bar, refrigerator, iron/ironing board, hairdryer, direct dial telephone, tea/coffee making facilities, electric blankets and satellite TV. On-site undercover parking available. Restaurant and bar for your dining and evening relaxation after a day on the slopes.
Qualmark rating: 3+ plus hotel
This 7 Days / 6 Nights Kingsgate Hotel Terraces Ski Package includes:
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| Option 1 - Seat in Coach - NZ$857 per person, share twin |
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- South Pacific Travellers World welcome pack with travel documents
- 6 nights' motel accommodation at Kingsgate Hotel Terraces, or similar, share twin, room basis
- Queenstown airport arrival and departure transfers
- 3 day multiday lift pass package to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- 3 days of ski bus shuttle transfers to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (12.5%)
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| Option 2 - Self Drive Car - NZ$948 per person, share twin |
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- South Pacific Travellers World welcome pack with travel documents
- 6 nights' motel accommodation at Kingsgate Hotel Terraces, or similar, share twin, room basis
- 7 days' compact rental car (CCAR 1.8 litre Toyota Corolla or similar), with unlimited kms (priced on 6 days - you get one day FREE)
- 3 day multiday lift pass package to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (12.5%)
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| Option 3 - Self Drive 4WD - NZ$1113 per person, share twin |
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- South Pacific Travellers World welcome pack with travel documents
- 6 nights' motel accommodation at Kingsgate Hotel Terraces, or similar, share twin, room basis
- 7 days' medium 4WD (IFAR Toyota Rav4 or similar), with unlimited kms (priced on 6 days - you get one day FREE)
- 3 day lift multiday pass package to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (12.5%)
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| Stay Exclusive Millbrook Resort - only NZ$1093 per person |
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Luxurious Millbrook Resort is conveniently close to Coronet Peak, with outstanding facilities and warm welcoming charm to ensure a sublime ski holiday. Relax, or be as active as you wish. Every need is catered for with Millbrook's award-winning restaurants, magnificent spa facility for total body rejuvenation and complimentary health and fitness centre.
Dining and bar offerings include The Millhouse Restaurant for contemporary, seasonal cuisine, The Clubhouse for the heartiest of pre-skiing breakfasts, traditional Japanese cuisine at Sala Sala and the casual lounge of the Hole-in-One Bar.
The Spa at Millbrook offers a complete range of beauty and therapeutic treatments for men and women, individuals and couples.
Your Village Inn studio room features an en-suite bathroom, walk-in wardrobe, balcony or patio with golf course, mountain or Millbrook views. Small country cottge ambiance. Minibar, satellite TV, CD player, tea/coffee making facilities, iron/ironing board, broadband internet access - some rooms with feature fireplaces.
Qualmark rating: 5 star hotel
This 7 Days / 6 Nights Millbrook Resort Ski Package includes:
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| Option 1 - Self Drive Car - NZ$1093 per person, share twin |
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- South Pacific Travellers World welcome pack with travel documents
- 6 nights' Village Inn studio accommodation at Millbrook Resort, or similar, share twin, room basis
- 7 days' compact rental car (CCAR 1.8 litre Toyota Corolla or similar), with unlimited kms (priced on 6 days - you get one day FREE)
- 3 day multiday lift pass package to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (12.5%)
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| Option 2 - Self Drive 4WD - NZ$1258 per person, share twin |
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- South Pacific Travellers World welcome pack with travel documents
- 6 nights' Village Inn studio accommodation at Millbrook Resort, or similar, share twin, room basis
- 7 days' medium 4WD (IFAR Toyota Rav4 or similar), with unlimited kms (priced on 6 days - you get one day FREE)
- 3 day multiday lift pass package to either Coronet Peak or The Remarkables
- New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (12.5%)
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Package Variations
These packages can easily be modified , especially for families - please just ask for a quick quote if you would like extra skiing, ski equipment rental, ski lessons, additional sightseeing, different accommodation or duration! We will happily customise a package just for you and/or your family.
Self Drive Rental Equipment
Ski racks: NZ$67.50 for 5+ days
Snow chains: NZ$67.50 for 5+ days (mandatory if you are driving skifield access roads)
Baby capsules (0-6 months), child seat (6 months - 3.5 years), booster seat (3.5 years+): NZ$39.40
GPS navigation unit: NZ$67.50 per week
For further information regarding rental vehicles click here.
Snow Chains - Queenstown Lakes District Council Bylaw
Please be aware that in the Queenstown Lakes District Council area, which includes Queenstown and Wanaka, you may be requested by an enforcement officer to fit snow chains to your rental car. If you are unable to comply, you may be fined NZ$150.
Multiday Lift Passes
Your 3 day multiday lift pass has 2 grace days i.e. the 3 days can be used over 5 days at Coronet Peak or The Remarkables.
Please note:
Prices are based on 2 adults sharing 1 hotel/motel room. No bookings are currently held and properties are subject to availability. Prices will be confirmed once bookings are held. Prices are valid until 30 Sept 2010.
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| Heliskiing - Full Day - NZ$1035 per person |
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A world class experience in the majestic Mount Aspiring National Park. The runs are long and the powder is dry!
Your heliski day package is all-inclusive, door to door. The best terrain for the day is determined by snowfall and weather conditions. Transport by 4WD into the famous Skippers Canyon, a cruise across Lake Wakatipu or fly direct from the hanger.
After a briefing on all details necessary to ensure your safety in the mountains, you'll then fly with your guide to start the thrill of your life. Be assurred of a simply superb, high altitude adventure which will get your legs burning.
8 RUNS (Extra runs can be booked on the day for $99 each.)
Enjoy a buffet style, hot and cold lunch right on the mountain top!
At the end of this spectacular day we will happily return any rental equipment and return you to your accommodation.
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| Glacier Helihike - Half Day - NZ$1570 per person |
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Accompanied by an experienced mountain guide and fitted out with all the correct safety equipment, you get to experience alpine hiking like a true mountaineer.
Enjoy an exhilarating flight by helicopter past spectacular mountains, ice falls, rivers and lakes before landing on a glacier within the Southern Alps.
Roped together, with crampons & ice picks begin your trip to discovery, walking amongst ice pinnacles, glacial lakes, deep blue crevasses and cascading waterfalls.
At the conclusion of your glacier hike the helicopter will whisk you back to our Queenstown base
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| Nevis Snow Mobiling - Half Day - NZ$640 per person |
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Just a short helicopter flight from Queenstown lies a remote and spellbinding world. An exciting vastness of snow and magnificent vistas. While snowmobiling along the Old Woman Range, spectacular, seldom seen views of the eastern side of The Remarkables, Nevis Valley, Garvie Mountain Range and Polar Plateau region will unfold before you.
Let our expert guides lead you on a journey like no other into this intriguing alpine environment. They will show you remarkable 360 degree vistas of the southern South Island and explore with you this pristine snowfield flanked by mountain ranges and distant valleys.
No special skills or fitness level is required to operate our snowmobiles. The flat to gently rolling terrain is ideal for novices. Squeeze the accelerator and you are mobile; squeeze the brake and you stop.
We offer the opportunity for an unparalleled experience, in comfort and safety from the modern fleet of snowmobiles!!
Depart from Queenstown Airport on a 12 minute exclusive helicopter flight over the Remarkables Mountains to land at the base on the Old Woman Range.
Here, professional guides will help familiarize you with snowmobile operation. Special thermal snowmobile suits, gloves, boots and helmets are provided to keep out the cold and then it's off on your great adventure.
Queenstown Snowshoeing - Half Day - NZ$135 pp / Full day NZ$170 pp
Experience the serenity of the spectacular "back country" around Queenstown on showshoes. Get away from the busy ski fields on new high tech, slim line snowshoes which make you feel as if you are floating across the snow. Snowshoeing offers a peaceful, harmonious exploration of the wilderness, perfect for non-skiers to explore the winter mountains of Queenstown.
Full and half day guided walks. You'll need warm footwear, sunglasses, warm hat. gloves and sunblock. Wet/wind/warm clothing for changeable weather and small daypack. A reasonable level of fitness will ensure an enjoyable day.
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