You've hit the nail on the head about how much of a tourist town Queenstown is! I haven't been there in over 20 years but UA-cam keeps me mostly current. I was in hospitality and had many friends working in hotels in and around QT. I think you have the right idea by treating it as a destination holiday. It's as expensive as as you would expect but you can't argue with the scenery! When I was last there Fergburger didn't even have a restaurant yet and sold burgers from a hole in the wall near the shore of Lake Wakatipu. I strongly suggest Paragliding, cruising on the TSS Earnslaw, traveling to Wanaka and to Milford Sound as well as having a look around Arrowtown. Have fun!
You won't believe it, but that is a quiet period for Queenstown! The city has 29,000 people in total, but during the winter festival the area can swell to 100,000 people!
the Remarkables make Queenstown airport my favourite airport in the world to fly into (not that ive been to them all). Fun fact: night time flights were only allowed in/out since 2016... watch out for them mountains! but with such great views get a window seat and go during the day!
You need to drive to Clyde , Bannockburn or Cromwell instead . It is not far. People of Otago tend not to got to Queenstown because of the tourists, traffic etc. The rest of Central Otago is much more beautiful and less touristy
I recall when Queenstown was a quaint Alpine / lake town. It was quiet and relaxing to walk and drive around. Accomodation at a reasonable price, and just skiers, instructors and outdoors enthusiasts like yourselves. But that was then, before all the well healed city dwellers arrived from around NZ and the world. Check out all the private jets at the airport. But all those exhausted city types who said they wanted peace, arrived bringing their city chaos and mayhem with them. I last passed by Queenstown in 2021. It was packed with traffic jams and utter pandemonium, so we actually did not get fully into the town, but instead found a bypass. Frankton was beautiful once, but it was a sprawling shopping centre. Heading South towards the "Devil's Staircase" there were suburbs and rampant construction. In my view the beauty people once valued, has been destroyed by those who say they value it. It is all about $$$$. I will never return to Queenstown. Did you see the Earnslaw?
Queenstown is known as a tourist destination. That's why it's so busy. We were there in December. The Burger place was a que around the block. But it was a great experience and place to visit. Regards from South Africa 🇿🇦.
A lot of Christchurch and Dunedin people head to Central otago for the summer holidays and then there are the Aucklanders who infiltrate the South Island during summer too
Our experience in a motorhome is to stay in the local campground and walk to the township. The parking in Queenstown is dreadful. Another option we found was to park out of Queenstown and catch the bus - it's very cheap and way less stressful than finding an expensive car park :) Winter is the time to go though, the snow on the Remarkables then is stunning.
It's changed so much since the mid 80's when my family went there for a winter holiday (dad's work had a unit there, much sought after). Beautiful place, but so touristy and expensive now
We are in Queenstown at the moment and are loving it. We managed to have a lovely steak, fries and salad for $25 each, which I think is really good value. You have to look around, there was also a place that has specials each day at $15, today it was burger and chips, but we had the Fergburger the day before, so didn’t go there. We had one Fergburger between us and it was delicious and so filling
Glen you make me laugh, it's not often you've said this is a thriving town😂 Enjoy Queenstown it's beautiful. Arrowtown is lovely too. I wouldn't bother with other smaller towns like Cromwell & Alex. Good to see life going on, & everything is open after 3pm!!
It is definitely a stunning place. I've never been able to get a park with my 7 metre plus van, to really have a good look about, but hopefully next time. I'll make sure to get an ice cream!! Sounds fantastic. Working on a lavendar farm! What a dream! The scent must be gorgeous Mado! How do you find these short term jobs, or is it a secret? 🌞😉
As a kiwi Queenstown and wanaka are great and worth a visit but designed for the tourist and aucklanders. It is also extremely busy and expensive. Personally in my opinion there are smaller towns such as timaru and Nelson which are just as beautiful but nowhere near as busy or expensive (although Nelson is starting to get really busy and expensive now). I guess it all depends on what you want
Palmerston North is the anti Queentown. Nobody holidays here and everything is reasonably priced. Things to do in Pamly are slowly but surely getting better. You can visit Mt Cleese for example. Locals know the nice places here because I see them in the hundreds every day walking, watching and enjoying all the pretty places.
Nope... Palmy is the anti-Interesting. Most boring town in the entire world, no wonder anybody heading north from Wellington to ANYWHERE avoids it on the way. 🙂PS Palmy is even less interesting than Westport or Hawera.
Your in a beautiful and safe 😍 place here in New Zealand Maybe you might need to relax 😊abit and go with the flow Mado... loving your guys Content tho 😊Enjoy yourselfs and keep cool 😎 cools Awsome
Ok, all those people, in such a small place, really freaks me out! I don't think I'll be in too much of a hurry to visit - well, maybe late at night, when no one else is around!🙃
dude come to chch now ... bumper to bumper at riverside market loads of tourist... gave up at waiting in line at riverside on a friday and went to somewhere else less populated to grab some lunch
@goldenak25 Glen & Mado have showcased Christchurch stunningly. As an Auckland resident I’ve been back to Queenstown after Lock 🔐 down. Arrowtown is the country cousin but delightful wee town & beautiful Wanaka. My Lavender finished months ago you both work really hard kudos to you both 💫✨ Swimming for Mado Gym for Glen X X Met up with friends, over to 8th wonder of the World to show them Fiordland Mitre Peak.😘 Love your content 🥰 NZ is stunningly
@@kiwikathy just meanig that i couldnt wait there in line to get lunch as a chch office worker so went somewhere else not saying that its not great as obv it is with tourist at this time in summer
Though one thing i really really want is an open air farmers market... river side is faux market with eateries ..... imagine a range of goods throughout canterbury coming to a marketplace with little overhead to see under tents say at the underutilised chch Squre ... aiant gonna happen cause always need the landowner elites of chch needing there cut
@@goldenak25 Christchurch is my home town …has changed dramatically in past 12 years. It’s great to see it a tourist Mecca city of South Island. Otago is stunningly beautiful as is NZ. Thanks for clarifying- all good 😊
A beautiful town with a dark underbelly. It's made for tourism and tourists but if you're a young NZer dropping in for a look , coming in to party with other NZers who live there, and you have no real interest in feeding the money trade there, the message there is loud and clear..."NOT WELCOME!" Back in the mid 80's. A group us us drove up there from Dunedin to chill and hook up with some of the locals. We were just driving back to the house of some people we'd met up with in the town when the local cops began to tail us. We 'd been pegged as undesirables by them because of the way we looked and because of our ethinicity. Long story short, the cops had us all up against a wall and began to search us for drugs as the abused us verbally, things escalated and they hauled one of my friends off to jail on some bolgus charge. The next day when we went downt to the lock up to see what was going on with him they literally ambushed us as we walked through the town. One cop drove his squad car into my friend and hit him from behind and several others leaped out from their hiding places in shop fronts and attacked us. They grabbed my friend Clinton, and began smashing his face into the ground, then arrested HIM for assaulting THEM...The cops lied in court and he went to prison for 11 months on totally false charges. They threatened the rest of us that we were next if we didn't get out of town and of course none of us were given any opportunity to tesify in court...I never knew why they hated us so much. We weren't doing anything bad. We were jus there having a good time without the need to spend a lot of money. Being from NZ it's easy to get to know locals and just hook up with them. The local tourist mafia don't like that. They hate Kiwis coming in and enjoying their tourist trap without forking out like the tourists. I've always hated Queenstown since that day. I never recommend it to anyone. A place with that much greed, malice and prejudice doesn't deserve to thrive...It's all so fake. Sorry for the negative story, but to many of us locals, Queenstown is synonymous with greed, and racism. There is no real hospitality there.. Several months prior to this incident I had actually been there as an art student sponsored by a big oil company to participate in a photography event called "Focus on NZ" And because I was part of an entourage of famous international photogrphers from Magnum et al, and all my expenses had been paid for by BP Oil I was of course treated like royalty that time. Going back as myself this time though, I was treated the way they really saw me...Like garbage! Don't be fooled by the smiles there. Some of the worst racists I've ever encountered in my life and of all the many countries I've been to, operate out of Queenstown!
LOL, You guys think its busy now..Lucky you NOT there in winter as it's a mad house. Thing about Queenstown is that it's very expensive being a tourist town and the location it is in the country. A massive problem there is that ALOT of Asian people buys multi million dollar homes and leave them to deteriorate and get overgrown. It's a big controversy here as it's just the kind they want to keep for investment. Have a great time guys.
They have had multiple decades to prepare........ New Zealand is not like Asia, where they do the hard yards of research, make a plan, and then carry out the plan.
Definitely a beautiful place but it’s very overpriced and the parking is horrible Arrow town is a lot better in my opinion similar prices but not as much of a tourist trap
Overrated, overpriced and over run. You can do all those adventure activities in Taupo at half the price. The best thing about Q'town is leaving. It is beautiful, but ruined by the teeming hordes. Mado felt the stress.
You've hit the nail on the head about how much of a tourist town Queenstown is! I haven't been there in over 20 years but UA-cam keeps me mostly current. I was in hospitality and had many friends working in hotels in and around QT. I think you have the right idea by treating it as a destination holiday. It's as expensive as as you would expect but you can't argue with the scenery! When I was last there Fergburger didn't even have a restaurant yet and sold burgers from a hole in the wall near the shore of Lake Wakatipu. I strongly suggest Paragliding, cruising on the TSS Earnslaw, traveling to Wanaka and to Milford Sound as well as having a look around Arrowtown. Have fun!
You won't believe it, but that is a quiet period for Queenstown! The city has 29,000 people in total, but during the winter festival the area can swell to 100,000 people!
These guys a bludgers freedom campers abusing our sacred freedom sites.
Frankton has always been accessible by road. Was popular holiday spot with Kiwis long before NZ developed its international tourist industry
the Remarkables make Queenstown airport my favourite airport in the world to fly into (not that ive been to them all). Fun fact: night time flights were only allowed in/out since 2016... watch out for them mountains! but with such great views get a window seat and go during the day!
You need to drive to Clyde , Bannockburn or Cromwell instead . It is not far. People of Otago tend not to got to Queenstown because of the tourists, traffic etc. The rest of Central Otago is much more beautiful and less touristy
Clyde's great 👍
These two are tourist bludgers beware. Freedom campers staying at unauthorized sights while traveling.
I recall when Queenstown was a quaint Alpine / lake town. It was quiet and relaxing to walk and drive around. Accomodation at a reasonable price, and just skiers, instructors and outdoors enthusiasts like yourselves. But that was then, before all the well healed city dwellers arrived from around NZ and the world. Check out all the private jets at the airport. But all those exhausted city types who said they wanted peace, arrived bringing their city chaos and mayhem with them. I last passed by Queenstown in 2021. It was packed with traffic jams and utter pandemonium, so we actually did not get fully into the town, but instead found a bypass. Frankton was beautiful once, but it was a sprawling shopping centre. Heading South towards the "Devil's Staircase" there were suburbs and rampant construction. In my view the beauty people once valued, has been destroyed by those who say they value it. It is all about $$$$. I will never return to Queenstown. Did you see the Earnslaw?
Don’t forget to go to Wanaka, it’s pretty close to Wanaka around 45 minutes-1 hour drive from Queenstown, it’s another beautiful town in NZ
Queenstown is known as a tourist destination. That's why it's so busy. We were there in December. The Burger place was a que around the block. But it was a great experience and place to visit. Regards from South Africa 🇿🇦.
A lot of Christchurch and Dunedin people head to Central otago for the summer holidays and then there are the Aucklanders who infiltrate the South Island during summer too
My head spins when I see Glen driving on the left side of the road behind steering wheel on the right😂. Great video guys, enjoy.
The mountain behind you is the Remarkables looks great when covered in snow . Keep up the good work love what you do
Our experience in a motorhome is to stay in the local campground and walk to the township. The parking in Queenstown is dreadful. Another option we found was to park out of Queenstown and catch the bus - it's very cheap and way less stressful than finding an expensive car park :) Winter is the time to go though, the snow on the Remarkables then is stunning.
Hi guys, where you went to Coronet peak you should have gone straight ahead to Skippers Canyon ! A trip to remember ❤
Hey guys, I am glad you enjoyed the ice cream.
It's changed so much since the mid 80's when my family went there for a winter holiday (dad's work had a unit there, much sought after). Beautiful place, but so touristy and expensive now
We are in Queenstown at the moment and are loving it. We managed to have a lovely steak, fries and salad for $25 each, which I think is really good value. You have to look around, there was also a place that has specials each day at $15, today it was burger and chips, but we had the Fergburger the day before, so didn’t go there. We had one Fergburger between us and it was delicious and so filling
you have the whole country watching, i came back home recently and saw that my parents also watched you guys lol
Glen you make me laugh, it's not often you've said this is a thriving town😂 Enjoy Queenstown it's beautiful. Arrowtown is lovely too. I wouldn't bother with other smaller towns like Cromwell & Alex. Good to see life going on, & everything is open after 3pm!!
giiiysssssss yous are a vibe to watch !!!! 😍
Expensive everything. Takeaways and restaurants arent too badly priced but everything else is WAY OVER THE TOP!!
If your still in Qtwn I can show you some pretty cool places (offroad)
Looks like a fun place to enjoy and visit! Wonder what the winter time is like there ski?🤩
It is definitely a stunning place. I've never been able to get a park with my 7 metre plus van, to really have a good look about, but hopefully next time. I'll make sure to get an ice cream!! Sounds fantastic. Working on a lavendar farm! What a dream! The scent must be gorgeous Mado! How do you find these short term jobs, or is it a secret? 🌞😉
As a kiwi Queenstown and wanaka are great and worth a visit but designed for the tourist and aucklanders. It is also extremely busy and expensive. Personally in my opinion there are smaller towns such as timaru and Nelson which are just as beautiful but nowhere near as busy or expensive (although Nelson is starting to get really busy and expensive now). I guess it all depends on what you want
Hopefully your safe from the wild fire guys
It's truly beautiful down there. To expensive and to many people now I think.
Palmerston North is the anti Queentown. Nobody holidays here and everything is reasonably priced. Things to do in Pamly are slowly but surely getting better. You can visit Mt Cleese for example. Locals know the nice places here because I see them in the hundreds every day walking, watching and enjoying all the pretty places.
Nope... Palmy is the anti-Interesting. Most boring town in the entire world, no wonder anybody heading north from Wellington to ANYWHERE avoids it on the way. 🙂PS Palmy is even less interesting than Westport or Hawera.
What's to do in palmy ?
I wish I knew you were in Queenstown, I would have come over to meet you both.
We’re still here actually!
I really didn't think QTN would be your Cup of Tea - Oh well. I was there so so long ago & can't remember a thing about it hehe !!
Parking in Queenstown is annoying and the parking ticket people love it. I live in invercargill thank f
Your in a beautiful and safe 😍 place here in New Zealand Maybe you might need to relax 😊abit and go with the flow Mado... loving your guys Content tho 😊Enjoy yourselfs and keep cool 😎 cools Awsome
Queenstown famous for lamb dishes . If you want lamb pizza or lamb burger they're Delicious
Ok, all those people, in such a small place, really freaks me out! I don't think I'll be in too much of a hurry to visit - well, maybe late at night, when no one else is around!🙃
Nights are very short in Jan.,Feb in the Deep South.One is starting to experience the Antarctic effect of very long days in midsummer.
Queenstown the most ripped off tourist trap in Aotearoa 😂
Ya ya ya big time scam scam bull shet shop keepi in quenhtown
@@michaelmarama-de4gxyeah my bratha 🤙🤣
@@user-zr5gy1pd7q dey buy smfink fir $1 at supamarkit n resole it fir $30 an dir stupik touwist go buy it
Its a Scam for tourists but its heaven to live there
Those peaks in the background are remarkable!
Anywhere outside of Auckland is a great holiday destination! Does that make me dislike Auckland? Hmmm!!!!
You can probably fix those flickering lights by changing to 25 or 50 fps video to be in sync with the 50hz NZ power grid
50hz power grid
@@adamfield8721 thanks I remembered that incorrectly!
Are yous coming to the north island on your amazing trip
Welcome to OMG Country
It's a satellite suburb of Remuera. Bit too pricey for most of us tho.
You’re the fly, and Queenstown is fly paper
`Its grown too fast and they are just not prepared for the infrastructure`
Ah, that is true of a lot of NZ nowadays. Miss the old days
Love q town, take regular trips down from Auckland for breaks
dude come to chch now ... bumper to bumper at riverside market loads of tourist... gave up at waiting in line at riverside on a friday and went to somewhere else less populated to grab some lunch
Yeah I was there today. It was packed.
@goldenak25 Glen & Mado have showcased Christchurch stunningly.
As an Auckland resident I’ve been back to Queenstown after Lock 🔐 down. Arrowtown is the country cousin but delightful wee town & beautiful Wanaka.
My Lavender finished months ago you both work really hard kudos to you both 💫✨
Swimming for Mado Gym for Glen X X
Met up with friends, over to 8th wonder of the World to show them Fiordland Mitre Peak.😘
Love your content 🥰 NZ is stunningly
@@kiwikathy just meanig that i couldnt wait there in line to get lunch as a chch office worker so went somewhere else not saying that its not great as obv it is with tourist at this time in summer
Though one thing i really really want is an open air farmers market... river side is faux market with eateries ..... imagine a range of goods throughout canterbury coming to a marketplace with little overhead to see under tents say at the underutilised chch Squre ... aiant gonna happen cause always need the landowner elites of chch needing there cut
@@goldenak25 Christchurch is my home town …has changed dramatically in past 12 years.
It’s great to see it a tourist Mecca city of South Island.
Otago is stunningly beautiful as is NZ. Thanks for clarifying- all good 😊
Put some sunglasses on please 🙏
Why😊
Mohua Golden Bay... get there before it becomes another Queenstown.
No skiing so dead most of the year
A beautiful town with a dark underbelly. It's made for tourism and tourists but if you're a young NZer dropping in for a look , coming in to party with other NZers who live there, and you have no real interest in feeding the money trade there, the message there is loud and clear..."NOT WELCOME!"
Back in the mid 80's. A group us us drove up there from Dunedin to chill and hook up with some of the locals. We were just driving back to the house of some people we'd met up with in the town when the local cops began to tail us. We 'd been pegged as undesirables by them because of the way we looked and because of our ethinicity. Long story short, the cops had us all up against a wall and began to search us for drugs as the abused us verbally, things escalated and they hauled one of my friends off to jail on some bolgus charge. The next day when we went downt to the lock up to see what was going on with him they literally ambushed us as we walked through the town. One cop drove his squad car into my friend and hit him from behind and several others leaped out from their hiding places in shop fronts and attacked us. They grabbed my friend Clinton, and began smashing his face into the ground, then arrested HIM for assaulting THEM...The cops lied in court and he went to prison for 11 months on totally false charges. They threatened the rest of us that we were next if we didn't get out of town and of course none of us were given any opportunity to tesify in court...I never knew why they hated us so much. We weren't doing anything bad. We were jus there having a good time without the need to spend a lot of money. Being from NZ it's easy to get to know locals and just hook up with them. The local tourist mafia don't like that. They hate Kiwis coming in and enjoying their tourist trap without forking out like the tourists. I've always hated Queenstown since that day. I never recommend it to anyone. A place with that much greed, malice and prejudice doesn't deserve to thrive...It's all so fake. Sorry for the negative story, but to many of us locals, Queenstown is synonymous with greed, and racism. There is no real hospitality there.. Several months prior to this incident I had actually been there as an art student sponsored by a big oil company to participate in a photography event called "Focus on NZ" And because I was part of an entourage of famous international photogrphers from Magnum et al, and all my expenses had been paid for by BP Oil I was of course treated like royalty that time. Going back as myself this time though, I was treated the way they really saw me...Like garbage! Don't be fooled by the smiles there. Some of the worst racists I've ever encountered in my life and of all the many countries I've been to, operate out of Queenstown!
thats because its foreign owned like the rest of NZ these days. . . bring their garbage beliefs with them into NZ
LOL, You guys think its busy now..Lucky you NOT there in winter as it's a mad house. Thing about Queenstown is that it's very expensive being a tourist town and the location it is in the country. A massive problem there is that ALOT of Asian people buys multi million dollar homes and leave them to deteriorate and get overgrown. It's a big controversy here as it's just the kind they want to keep for investment. Have a great time guys.
Asians with 💰💰💰💰 do that everywhere. Auckland, Tauranga area, Taupo, all over.
God don’t let Mado drive lol
They have had multiple decades to prepare........ New Zealand is not like Asia, where they do the hard yards of research, make a plan, and then carry out the plan.
Definitely a beautiful place but it’s very overpriced and the parking is horrible Arrow town is a lot better in my opinion similar prices but not as much of a tourist trap
The views cost nothing.
Overrated, overpriced and over run. You can do all those adventure activities in Taupo at half the price. The best thing about Q'town is leaving. It is beautiful, but ruined by the teeming hordes. Mado felt the stress.
Auckland is much busier then Queenstown, be fkn for real glen lmao 🤦
Lake wanaka pretty too