Luxury holidays in South Island

Destinations in South Island

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  Ahuriri Valley

  • 1 hotel
  The Ahuriri Valley is home to a scenic spectrum of alpine vistas, verdant wetlands and forest-clad hillsides.
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  Craigieburn Valley

  • 1 hotel
  Where Arthur’s Pass wends towards Canterbury you’ll find Craigieburn Valley — a remote, rural idyll where the Southern Alps stand sentry, sheep are your grazing neighbours and nature is served neat in all its elemental beauty.
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  Dunedin

  • 1 hotel
  There’s no denying the remote beauty of coastal Dunedin. And yet this South Island university city doesn’t let geography get in the way of its flourishing culinary and creative scenes.
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  Glenorchy

  • 1 villa
  At the north end of Lake Wakatipu, just a 40-minute drive from Queenstown yet seemingly a world away, you’ll find glacier-bordered Glenorchy – the city’s placid all-natural neighbour.
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  Kaikoura

  • 1 hotel
  A name which translates as ‘meal of crayfish’ gives a taste of the scene in store. Lying midway between Christchurch and Picton on the spectacular South Island, the seaside town of Kaikoura is blessed with a soul-stirring surf-and-turf setting.
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  Marlborough

  • 1 hotel
  New Zealand’s largest wine- growing region, Marlborough, occupies the northeast corner of the South Island. Here, you’ll find world-class wine, dramatic coastal waterways and the sunniest climate in the country.
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  Pigeon Bay

  • 1 hotel
  • 4 villas
  South Island’s secret cove, Pigeon Bay brings a breath of fresh air to farmsteads and rugged green hills. With strictly locavore dining and a breathtaking backdrop, this is the good life, New Zealand style.
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  Queenstown

  • 4 hotels
  • 1 villa
  Set on the banks of Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown is a picture-perfect town with a rich menu of restaurants and bars, amid a searingly beautiful mountain range setting.