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06/01/2025

Summer evenings are made for moments like this ✨

Why save the magic for special occasions? At Walter Peak, every meal is a celebration 🥂

16/12/2024

Oneke (The Neck) - Rakiura Stewart Island. Where dense forest meets wild coast, well off the beaten track. 🍃 

Experience this special place the way it should be on our Stewart Island Wilderness Walk - quietly, slowly, and with people who know every corner of it. 
 
🛥️ Return catamaran cruise from Oban
📍Access to this remote peninsula
🥾 Guided walk through forest and along beaches
🪶 Local stories and wildlife spotting
🥪 Optional local picnic lunch

04/12/2024

Celebrating 50 years of Queenstown Rafting with $50 off for you! 🌊

Paddle back to 1974, when Queenstown Rafting began its journey. It was the era of VW vans, free spirits, and the rise of adventure tourism. By the 1980s, rafting had evolved into thrilling grade 4-5 adventures down the iconic Shotover River - a legacy we've proudly upheld ever since as the only operator in the area offering this level of rafting.

Now, it’s your turn to join the celebration! Add Queenstown Rafting to your bucket list and enjoy $50 off as our special gift to you.

☀️ Don’t miss out - offer ends 16 December! ☀️

Redeem via the 🔗 below -
https://www.realnz.com/en/experiences/adventure-activities/shotover-river-rafting/

13/11/2024

A kea midflight by ✨

📍Piopiotahi Milford Sound

08/11/2024

Visiting Queenstown? Leave your mark and do your part with a Walter Peak Eco Experience 💚

✨ Start with a scenic lake cruise
🪴 Sample the restaurant vege garden and pick produce for your afternoon snack (spoiler)
🌱 Choose a native tree to plant, listen out for details on which tree attracts which native bird species
✏️ Leave your mark
🥗 Enjoy an incredible afternoon spread, made up of homegrown and locally-sourced produce

Roady showing us how it’s done, the Walter Peak Eco Experience is a key part of our Walter Peak Restoration Project!

🔗 Learn more via the link below

https://www.realnz.com/en/experiences/tss-earnslaw-walter-peak-experiences/walter-peak-eco-experience/

04/11/2024

Guess the Pass ⛰️

You’re on a coach journey, winding through lush native forest, wild rivers, and surreal waterfalls. The driver stops at the top, and this breathtaking view greets you.

Where are you?

📸 Lucien Redon

30/10/2024

It’s Halloween and we’re getting spooky with this list of Terrifying Travellers 🚫

As shocking as it may seem, these characters aren’t fiction 💔
 
When exploring our incredible corner of the world, make sure you’re remembering the Tiaki Promise - to care for Aotearoa New Zealand by travelling respectfully and responsibly. This means things like leaving places as you found them, appreciating wildlife from a distance, and being courteous of fellow travellers.
 
Don’t be a terrifying traveller, be a conscious one instead! 💚

30/10/2024

Milford Sound first light with Cody Tiger Gray✨

23/10/2024

Chasing last light on the TSS Earnslaw is the perfect summer evening ✨

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22/10/2024

A postcard from Aotearoa’s best-kept secret ✉️

Come with for a glimpse inside Fiordland’s hidden gem. You’ll find stillness, wildlife moments, and undeniable beauty everywhere you look, unlike anything you’ve seen before ✨

📍Pātea Doubtful Sound

21/10/2024

Spring time at Walter Peak High Country Farm looks a little like this…🌼

The perfect time for a farm tour! Find out more via the link below 🔗

https://www.realnz.com/en/experiences/tss-earnslaw-walter-peak-experiences/walter-peak-farm-tours/

18/10/2024

She’s been gracing Lake Whakatipu with her presence since 1912 💚

Today we celebrate the TSS Earnslaw on her 112th birthday. ‘The Lady of the Lake’ is the only hand-fired, passenger-carrying steamship operating in the Southern Hemisphere.

She’s inspired artists, carried royalty, and even featured in blockbuster films. A true Queenstown icon, if you’ve never enjoyed being her passenger, it’s a must-do on your next visit.

Happy Birthday Earnie ✨

09/10/2024

Locals: What's your ideal South Island holiday?✨
Travellers: Read for inspo!👇

09/10/2024

In case you need more than one reason to visit this incredible destination, here are our top 5 ✨

What did we miss? Let us know in the comments below!

Experiencing Doubtful Sound is like stepping into another world with towering fiords, lush rainforests, cascading waterfalls, and unique wildlife all on full display.

08/10/2024

Chase the feeling of being lost in Pātea Doubtful Sound ✨

📸 Johnny Hendrikus

03/10/2024

💌 A postcard from somewhere cosy...
..where BBQ feast and dessert buffet meet scenic views and an entertaining farm show. End the night with a stroll of the grounds before cruising the lake back home.

📍Walter Peak feels like a home away from home.

📸 Beneath our Feet Studio

02/10/2024

We are $150k closer to creating a sanctuary in the Rees Valley!

An incredible natural landscape that borders the Mount Aspiring National Park, the Rees Valley is home to some of Aotearoa’s most unique native species, and is about to be home to one of its most threatened 💙

Alongside the Southern Lakes Sanctuary and Takahē Recovery, we’re working on protecting this valley, to ensure it’s a safe and stable place to eventually relocate a population of takahē to.

The work will involve rigorous pest control measures, habitat restoration, and of course the eventual translocation itself.

We had goals of raising $140k toward this project, and with multiple fundraising efforts, we’ve exceeded this! A massive thank you to everyone who placed bids in our online auctions, to those who attended our Conservation Ball over the weekend, and to our incredibly generous sponsors ✨

You can still make a donation to this very important cause, head to the link below to learn more about it and how you can help!

🔗 https://www.realnz.com/en/conservation/conservation/key-conservation-projects/the-takahe-relocation-project/

25/09/2024

Have you ever been to the Rees Valley? 📍

It’s roughly 1 hour from Queenstown, an amazing natural landscape that borders the Mount Aspiring National Park and is home to some incredible and threatened native species; such as kea, kākā, yellow-crowned kākāriki and rock wren 🦜

We’ve partnered with Southern Lakes Sanctuary to ensure this important space is a safe habitat for our endangered species, with the ultimate goal of reintroducing one of New Zealand’s most iconic survivors, the takahē, to the valley.

The Rees provides an ideal habitat for the takahē, with its native tussock grasslands offering ample food and shelter. But there is work to be done to ensure the success of takahē in the Rees, and here’s how you can help.

We’re auctioning off a selection of unique items, from one-off art pieces to epic experiences, and you can bid on them! All proceeds will go toward this significant conservation initiative 💙

You can learn more about the project and bid on items via the link below!
🔗 https://www.realnz.com/en/conservation/conservation/key-conservation-projects/the-takahe-relocation-project/

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✨ Thank you to all of our generous sponsors who donated these incredible items for us to auction off. Thank you to Southern Lakes Sanctuary for sharing these photos with us, and to the Scott family from the Rees Valley Station, as well as Routeburn Dart Wildlife Trust.