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Waitaki

Highlights

  • Gliding
  • Clay Cliffs
  • Ōmarama Hot Tubs

Proximity

  • by car:

    2 hours from Queenstown

  • by car:

    1 hour from Mt Cook

Nestled in a broad basin between mountain ranges, Ōmarama is well known to glider pilots. Come here to soar in the skies and fish in the fast rivers.

Relax in the Ōmarama Hot Pools.
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Ōmarama Hot Pools, Waitaki

Ōmarama means the place of light and glider pilots love the air above the small township near the southern end of the Mackenzie Basin.

As a junction town, Ōmarama is naturally a great place to stop and stay if you're coming from Christchurch, Christchurch or from Ōhau via the Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail. After a long day travelling or pedalling, have a relaxing soak in a private hot tub filled with pure mountain water at Hot Tubs Ōmarama under the starry night sky.

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