Crown Range Road — Queenstown to Wānaka
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🚗8 mapped stops
New Zealand's highest sealed road. From Queenstown to Wānaka via an alpine pass at 1,076 metres — switchbacks, tussock-covered peaks, the Cardrona Valley, and the transition from Wakatipu to Wānaka's completely different landscape.
Stops on This Tour (8)
- 1 Arrow Junction (Crown Range turnoff) The gateway to New Zealand's highest sealed road
- 2 Crown Range Switchbacks Hairpin bends climbing 600 metres in rapid succession
- 3 Crown Range Summit (1,076m) The highest point on a sealed road in New Zealand
- 4 Crown Range Summit Lookout Panoramic views of the Wakatipu Basin and beyond
- 5 Cardrona Valley Descent Dropping into the golden tussock valley
- 6 Historic Cardrona Hotel New Zealand's most photographed pub, established 1863
- 7 Cardrona Distillery & Museum Craft spirits and vintage car collection in the valley
- 8 Wānaka Lakefront The famously photogenic lakeside town
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