Wanaka

Wanaka hosts a number of festivals and events, from the biggest three-day airshow in the Southern Hemisphere, Warbirds Over Wanaka, to the international World Heli-Challenge where the world's best snowboarders and skiers tackle backcountry alpine slopes. Motor-sport action heads to the Cardrona Valley at Easter with an International Hillclimb while each winter the locals stage the week-long Winter Festival.Wine too is on the menu with an array of vineyards both in Wanaka and further afield.