Getting There By Air:Queenstown Airport (ZQN) Tel: (03) 442 3505.
Website:
www.queenstownairport.co.nz Queenstown Airport is located 8km (5 miles) west of Queenstown.
Airport facilities: These include a tourist information desk, duty-free shopping, a café and bar, Internet and telephone access, luggage storage, currency exchange, a conference/meeting room and car rental from
Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and
Thrifty among others.
Transport to the
city: The
Super Shuttle (tel: (03) 442 3639
or 0800 748885/SHUTTLE; website:
www.supershuttle.co.nz) provides a door to door shuttle service, and meets every flight that arrives at the airport.
Kiwi Shuttle (tel: (03) 4422107) offers a similar service. A cheaper option is the
Airport Bus, run by
Connectabus (tel: (03) 441 4471; website:
www.connectabus.com), which runs between the airport and downtown Queenstown during the day. Taxis are also available from outside the arrivals building. Try
Alpine Taxis (tel: (03) 442 6666
or 0800 442 6666) or
Queenstown Taxis (tel: (03) 442 7788
or 0800 788 294). Limousines are also available.
Getting There By Road:The main road through Queenstown is Highway 6, which runs from Invercargill on the south coast, through Queenstown, then north via Cromwell, the Haast Pass and the West Coast, right up to Nelson and Blenheim. Highway 89 is a more rugged alternative route north to Wanaka; it may however be impassable for certain vehicles in winter.
Intercity Coach Lines (tel: (09) 623 1503; website:
www.intercitycoach.co.nz) run competitively priced services to Invercargill, Dunedin, Christchurch, Milford Sound and the Fox and Franz Joseph Glaciers via Wanaka. Other locally based providers include
Atomic Shuttles (tel: (03) 322 8883; website:
www.atomictravel.co.nz) and
Southern Link Coaches (tel: (03) 358 8355
or 0508 458 835; website:
www.southernlinkcoaches.co.nz).
Getting There By Rail:There are no rail services to or from Queenstown.
Getting Around:
Public TransportThe only public transport available in Queenstown is the
bus service run by
Connectabus (tel: (03) 441 4471; website:
www.connectabus.com), although Queenstown is small enough that most of the city center is easily accessible on foot. There are three bus lines, all of which start outside the O’Connell’s Shopping Center on Camp Street. Route A goes to Fernhill, Route B to Goldfields and Route C to the airport. Tickets should be bought on the bus, and returns are available.
TaxisThe main taxi providers in Queenstown are
Alpine Taxi (tel: (03) 442 6666
or 0800 442 6666; website:
www.alpinetaxis.co.nz) and
Queenstown Taxis (tel: (03) 442 7788
or 0800 788 294; website:
www.queenstowntaxis.co.nz).
Car HireCar rental companies in Queenstown (other than the ones at the airport) include
Apex (tel: (03) 442 8040; website:
www.apexrentals.co.nz),
Hertz (tel: (03) 442 4106; website:
www.hertz.com),
Network Car Rentals (tel: (03) 442 7055; website:
www.networkcarrentals.co.nz),
Omega Car Rentals (tel: (03) 442 5224
or 0800 525 210; website:
www.omegarentals.com) and
Queenstown Car Rentals (tel: (03) 442 9220; website:
www.queenstowncarrentals.co.nz).
Bicycle HireHigher Gear (tel: (03) 441 4676
or 0800 881 488; website:
www.highergear.co.nz) rent out mountain bikes, and
Dr Bike at
Outside Sports Ltd, Shotover Street (tel: (03) 441 0074; website:
www.outsidesports.co.nz) have even tougher off-road bikes.
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