Invercargill

  • Accommodation:
    • Ibis Styles
  • Transport:
    • Catch-a-Bus-South provides drop off and pick up at Invercargill, Dunedin,
      Queenstown Airports & Bluff Ferry Terminal
    • Customers are allowed 1 standard or 2 small items of luggage per person
    • For the local bus network, a single fare paid by cash is $3, while a bus fare paid by a BusSmart card is $2
    • There are four main bus lines: WL – Waikiwi Link, WC – Windor Comet, HS – Heidelberg Star and KC – Kew Connection
  • Things to see:
    • Otago Goldfields Heritage Trail
    • Otago Peninsula
    • Mount Cargill
    • Fiordland National Park
    • Southland Museum and Art Gallery
    • St Mary’s Basilica
    • Queen’s Park
    • Rakiura Track (three days to walk)
  • Tips:
    • Just minutes from the city centre, tourists can explore the long coastal highway of Oreti Beach, the native wonders of Waituna Wetlands and Omaui
    • Don’t forget to keep a look out for the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco heritage buildings
    • Signal Hill Lookout provides panoramic views over the city and ocean
    • Otago Peninsula’s walking tracks lead to cliff lookouts, beaches, penguin nesting areas and seal colonies
    • From Portobello, you can return to Dunedin via Highcliff Road, which winds along the ridge of the peninsula