Shopping in Queenstown New Zealand
After trying any number of extreme sports in Queenstown New Zealand, relax with a little bit of shopping. There are funky, exquisite boutiques and great souvenirs for you and your folks back home.
Queenstown is located on the edge of Lake Wakatipu. This beautiful lake is fed by glacial rivers so it’s full of trout salmon. Head to Outside Sports on Shotover Street for colorful metallic lures for fishing. Or just use them for Christmas tree decorations.
New Zealand is known for sheep farming, and skin creams made with sheeps wool make awesome gifts for people back home. Sheep farmers have soft hands because of the lanolin in the wool of the sheep. This is the important ingredient in the HIgh Country Lanolin Intensive Cream found at Mary’s Sheep on Beach Street.
Native manuka plants make great flavorings for candy, found at Queenstown Health & Sport Nutrition on Camp Street. Great for sore throats, manuka plants and the honey made by bees that buzz around them, are key ingredients in lollipops for sale here.
The founder of New Zealands’s homeland sport of bungee jumping, also has a winery called Freefall Wine Company. The vineyards overlook Kawarau Gorge, main site of bungee plunging in Queenstown New Zealand.
Go native and get some kitchen utensils with hei-tiki symbols on them. The hei-tiki is good luck for the Maori, and at In the Pink on Camp Street you can buy salad tongs for good luck.
Sheep are prevalent in Queenstown New Zealand. Merino wool products make very fitting souvenirs. Buy them at Kiwi South Knitwear. Also buy hats and gloves here. Then stop by Jade Factory on Beach Street and get some local abalone necklaces. The jewelry here pays homage to Maori culture and its closeness to the sea.
