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2 Remarkable Adventures ADVENTURE ADVENTURE CAPITAL WELCOME TO NEWZEALAND’S TO WELCOME 1 Remarkable Adventures VENATOR SELECT EXPERIENCES Alpine Adventure 9 Table of Pure Pampering 11 Guided Gourmet 13 contents Sensational Scenery 15 Rich Romance 17 NEW ZEALAND MUST DO’S 19 REMARKABLE ADVENTURES 25 ADRENALINE SEEKERS 29 WINE CENTRAL 35 GOLFING PARADISE 39 GREAT DAY WALKS 43 CYCLE TRAILS 47 CHILD FRIENDLY 51 WINTER WONDERLAND 55 QUEENSTOWN CUISINE 61 WANAKA DINING 65 RETAIL THERAPY 69 ART & JEWELLERY 73 USEFUL CONTACTS 77 Remarkable Adventures Remarkable Remarkable Adventures Remarkable 2 3 Situated in stunning Wanaka, Venator is the ideal adventure destination for the whole family. With a host Welcome of unique activities right on your doorstep, you will be spoilt for choice during your stay in New Zealand’s number one tourist location. to the This Venator Experiences Guide shares the very best of New Zealand with you, from action and adventure activities through to breathtaking scenic tours and Venator romantic getaways. Whatever you are looking for, we’ll go beyond to Experiences ensure you get the experience of a lifetime in one of New Zealand’s most beautiful locations. From the entire Venator team, we wish you an Guide unforgettable stay in paradise. Duncan Fraser, Owner of Cardrona Safaris Remarkable Adventures Remarkable Remarkable Adventures Remarkable 4 5 VENATOR EXPERIENCES VENATOR SELECT EXPERIENCES We have carefully curated five unique experience packages to add to your itinerary and make the most of your time in the adventure capital of New Zealand. We can also create a bespoke package to suit your needs during your stay. A day to JET BOAT RACE CAR The Shotover, Kawarau and Dart rivers and BUNGY Test your mettle at Highlands Motorsport 1. Lake Wakatipu have made Queenstown world Park – the Disneyland of adrenaline. get your heart famous for jet boating. Start your adventure This world-class motorsport park offers a ALPINE Queenstown is the world’s home of bungy. with a splash and pure rush of adrenaline as 4.5km race track, a motorsport museum, Choose between the original jump that ADVENTURE you jet across the breathtaking waterways go-kart track with single or tandem karts, and started the worldwide sensation – the iconic around Queenstown. restaurant. A truly one-of-a-kind experience. pumping Kawarau Bridge bungy – or New Zealand’s highest jump – the 134m Nevis Bungy. Venator Experiences Venator 9 SPA We will organise a spa experience with FACIAL Retreat, professional therapists to suit your individual requirements. For a complete MASSAGE Take a soothing escape with a facial to wellness experience, finish off your spa 2. detoxify the body and leave the skin fresh treatment with a relaxing time in the hot relax and and glowing. PURE Find the ultimate relaxation in a secluded tub or swimming pool. PAMPERING pamper area with private therapists, sheltered warm areas for massages, rejuvenate heated massage tables and champagne. Venator Experiences Venator 11 An GIBBSTON VALLEY CHEESERY DISTILLERY unforgettable The perfect New Zealand cheese experience Your day will start at Cardrona’s premium in Queenstown, New Zealand. This unique WINE TOUR 3. whiskey distillery where you will sample visitor experience features a café, retail taste of a variety of spirits, before embarking on shop, cheese-making presentation and GUIDED We’ll take you on a private tour to some of a private tour where you will learn about complimentary tastings of the Gibbston New Zealand’s finest wineries – tasting the GOURMET the entire spirit-making process, from Valley cheese range. special vintages while the vineyard owner grain to glass. Central Otago describes their winemaking process. Venator Experiences Venator 13 WEST COAST ALPINE HELICOPTER ADVENTURE TREK HELI-LUNCH- CRUISE-HELI Discover the true beauty of the Southern Fly across the mountains and glaciers of Mount Aspiring National Park into 4. Alps with its stunning vistas and breathtaking Your helicopter fight will descend through the beautiful and rugged West Coast. Remarkable views; an opportunity enjoyed by a select few. carved glacial valleys to Milford to land SENSATIONAL Multiple landings allow you to experience aboard the Jewel. Expert crew will share with this incredibly diverse landscape - the SCENERY you the incredible natural wilderness and native beech forests, the glaciers and high in every way local wildlife, and provide a luxurious lunch mountains and the wild coastline. featuring local seasonal ingredients, before being whisked back to Queenstown to enjoy your evening. Venator Experiences Venator 15 HOT POOLS SUNRISE BALLOON Spend a candlelit evening taking in the MOUNTAINTOP LUNCH Start the morning by rising to 6000ft, drift 5. dramatic views of the surrounding mountains with the breeze, and immerse yourself in the Love is and Shotover River while soaking in your own best panoramic views of Queenstown and the R I C H Located high in the Southern Alps at a private, Japanese-style Onsen hot pool. ROMANCE luxury lodge on a private station, Mountain surrounding mountain ranges. Kitchen is New Zealand’s most remote and in the air spectacular fine dining experience. Venator Experiences Venator 17 NEW ZEALAND MUST DO’S VENATOR’S ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES 4WD FARM TOUR FIORDLAND OVERNIGHT LUXURY CRUISE Farming in the New Zealand high country C A T C H VENATOR is a way of life – and it’s one you can get up AND COOK An opportunity not to be missed - staying CARDRONA SAFARIS THE MOUNTAIN close to at Walter Peak. overnight in Fiordland, our world’s eighth HIGH COUNTRY wonder. Enter the heart of Fiordland and fly STATION KITCHEN Situated on picturesque Lake Wakatipu’s Helicopter through the Southern Alps to through some of the most pristine, untouched Venator Cardrona Safaris is home to one of south-western shores, Walter Peak High land on one of New Zealand’s most remote, landscapes on the planet before descending the largest privately-owned trophy red deer This unique experience combines a Country Farm is an idyllic place to spend untouched wildernesses - the rugged West Explore the wilderness of the South Island to land on the back of an exclusively hired herds in the South Pacific, meaning quality spectacular scenic flight from Wanaka or a relaxing few hours. The farm tour itself Coast. As your helicopter arrives on a private with the friendly and experienced station cruise boat, in Milford Sound. big-game hunts for world record red stags, Queenstown, and a snow or alpine landing is a wonderful, interactive experience, with spot, choose to dive for crayfish or hunt for team through one of their many as well as Himalayan tahr, chamois and much (weather permitting) with a fine dining something to keep everyone entertained deer with experienced guides, or simply stop Watch a livestream of the unique underwater heli-adventure options. Alternatively, set more. Once you enter the land of the red experience at The Mountain Kitchen. and happy. and take in the breathtaking native forests creatures of the fiord from their submersible off on a memorable guided fishing, guided giants, Duncan Fraser and his friendly team of and wild oceans. camera, kayak to get up close and feel the hunting or heli-skiing excursion. Experience New Zealand’s most remote You will be greeted by a host upon internationally-recognised guides will ensure energy of the many waterfalls pouring off the and exclusive fine dining with chef disembarking the TSS Earnslaw, who will take Gather your share of tasty wild food and fly to Experience luxurious high country hospitality you get to hunt the trophies you’ve been towering sea cliffs, or throw a line in for some prepared modern cuisine, featuring the you to the sheep shearing demonstration, another superbly remote location, surrounded with an overnight stay at the alpine lodge, tracking all your life. fishing. Depending on the day, cray pot pulling freshest local produce, paired with a where you will watch the remarkable skill with by snow-capped mountains. From here you set at the head of a picturesque glacial valley is something to roll up your sleeves for too. wide selection of beverages including which the farm dogs round up sheep from will hike to your lunch destination, where within the untouched landscapes and beauty award-winning regional wines. the paddocks. you’ll be served your catch for the day - of the Southern Alps. prepared to mouth-watering perfection. New Zealand Must Do’s New Zealand Must Do’s 20 21 B U N G Y J E T PACIFIC JEMM LUXURY JUMPING BOATING LAKE ADVENTURES MILFORD SOUND Known as the ‘World Home of Bungy’, no trip Prepare yourself for the thrill and excitement EXTENDED TOUR Luxury cruising at its finest, the Pacific Jemm to Queenstown is complete without an iconic, of the ultimate jet boating experience; it’s a is an 80ft yacht providing access to the exhilarating bungy jump. Choose from a 43m I C E unique adrenaline rush you’ll never forget! hidden corners of Lake Wakatipu for a unique Explore Milford Sound’s stunning fiord from bridge jump at Kawarau Bridge, or take it to DRIVING From the moment the accelerator hits the perspective on the alpine experience. the air. Fly the length of the Sound, past P R I V A T E new heights with the 134m Nevis bungy or floor, your adrenaline hits the roof as you sheer cliffs and gushing waterfalls, out to Queenstown’s idyllic Lake Wakatipu is a place HOT POOLS 300m swing. speed across mere centimetres of water. Experience the thrills of drifting on the snow the Tasman Sea where you’ll land on a wild unlike anywhere in the world. Appreciate the An expert driver puts your jet boat through its circle and driving along the expertly crafted West Coast beach.