Craig's Guidebook

Craig
Craig's Guidebook

Food scene

Good pub meal with excellent views. Not too expensive. Great beer garden.
25 locals recommend
Hawea Hotel Eatery & Bar
1 Capell Ave
25 locals recommend
Good pub meal with excellent views. Not too expensive. Great beer garden.
Great Mexican style food and atmosphere. Reasonable prices.
23 locals recommend
Amigos Mexican Grill Wanaka
71 Ardmore St
23 locals recommend
Great Mexican style food and atmosphere. Reasonable prices.
Lovely food. Awesome breakfasts.
50 locals recommend
Urban Grind
72 Ardmore St
50 locals recommend
Lovely food. Awesome breakfasts.
Awesome NZ camping growing with a great food truck, great pizzas and good prices. Other foods available as well, bar, check first before going to make sure it’s open during your visit.
Lake Hawea Holiday Park
1208 Haast Pass-Makarora Rd
Awesome NZ camping growing with a great food truck, great pizzas and good prices. Other foods available as well, bar, check first before going to make sure it’s open during your visit.
Awesome bakery. Award winning pies and pastries.
The doughbin
123 Ardmore St
Awesome bakery. Award winning pies and pastries.
Catch your fish then they cook it for you. Great night out.
32 locals recommend
Hook Wanaka - Lake to Plate
49 Monteith Rd
32 locals recommend
Catch your fish then they cook it for you. Great night out.
Cardrona distillery for awesome local spirits (and food!) Best Gin in NZ (in my opinion). Go here and Cardrona Hotel and make an afternoon of it!
28 locals recommend
Cardrona Distillery
2125 Cardrona Valley Road
28 locals recommend
Cardrona distillery for awesome local spirits (and food!) Best Gin in NZ (in my opinion). Go here and Cardrona Hotel and make an afternoon of it!

Sightseeing

Great trip to fill in a couple of hours, quite steep in places. Great views.
8 locals recommend
Mount Iron Track
Mount Iron Track
8 locals recommend
Great trip to fill in a couple of hours, quite steep in places. Great views.
Multiple options for trips up the lake for a closer look at the awesome scenery.
Lake Wanaka Cruises
100 Ardmore St
Multiple options for trips up the lake for a closer look at the awesome scenery.
Iconic home/climb to one of the most famous views in NZ on Instagram. Not for the front hearted. Google for some tips first.
Roys Peak Track
Roys Peak Track
Iconic home/climb to one of the most famous views in NZ on Instagram. Not for the front hearted. Google for some tips first.
Great and Iconic bar/restaurant. Not to be missed Winter or Summer. Awesome atmosphere.
91 locals recommend
Cardrona Hotel
Cardrona Valley Road
91 locals recommend
Great and Iconic bar/restaurant. Not to be missed Winter or Summer. Awesome atmosphere.
Can’t miss this iconic location. And it’s free!!
48 locals recommend
#ThatWanakaTree
59 Wanaka Mount Aspiring Rd
48 locals recommend
Can’t miss this iconic location. And it’s free!!

Skiing

Awesome family ski resort. Approx 50min to the top of the mountain from Hawea. Great road up the hill and excellent facilities.
71 locals recommend
Cardrona Alpine Resort
Cardrona Valley Rd
71 locals recommend
Another awesome ski area in Wanaka. Generally steeper than Cardrona for the more adventurous.
57 locals recommend
Treble Cone Ski Area
Mt Aspiring Road
57 locals recommend
Another awesome ski area in Wanaka. Generally steeper than Cardrona for the more adventurous.

Wet day activity

Cool small NZ cinema with a small range of the latest movies. Sit on a couch (or in a car) and watch the movie. Make sure you get a fresh cooked cookie during intermission, you won’t regret it. Need to phone to book.
97 locals recommend
Cinema Paradiso
72 Brownston St
97 locals recommend