Omarama

Table of Contents: Travel to Omarama, visa requirements By car Flights to Omarama, airtickets / Get around / Omarama attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Learn / Shopping, Omarama souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Omarama nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get out More from South Island (New Zealand): Golden Bay, Lake Tekapo, Nelson, Omarama, Otago, Southern Alps, Timaru, Wanaka

Omarama is a small town in the Mackenzie Country of New Zealand's South Island. It is 30 kilometres south of Twizel and 100 kilometres south of Mount Cook. It is a world famous gliding centre where scenic glider flights into the Southern Alps are available - as well as a pilot training school.

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Travel to Omarama, visa requirements

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By car

• Omarama is on State Highway 8 at State Highway 83.

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Flights to Omarama, airtickets

• Christchurch is the nearest international airport.
• Queenstown is the nearest major domestic airport.

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Get around

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Omarama attractions and sightseeing

• Clay Cliffs, NZ$5. 15 minute drive through a natural hertiage protected site looking at natural erosion that has occurred due to the Ostler fault.

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City tours

• Gliding. Between September and April.
  • Southern Soaring, 03 438 9600, 0800 762 746, [1]. Flight times range from 20 minutes to an hour or more. NZ$235 - NZ$580. Also offers training courses.
• Hang Gliding, 0800 02 45433. Take an at least 20 minute flight over Omarama.

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Learn

• Gavin Wills Mountain Soaring, 64 3 438 9555, [2]. Soaring school with introductory and advanced level courses.

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Shopping, Omarama souvenirs

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Good restaurants and cheap meals

Kahu Cafe on the airfield, between the camping ground and the hangars. Coffee and meals.

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Omarama nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs.

Omarama's Best Cafe and Bar - Oasis. Great coffee, yummy food and a warm fire.

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Hotels, youth hostels, lodging

• Heritage Gateway Hotel. 98 rooms.
• Countrytime Hotel. 50 rooms.
• Sierra Motels. From NZ$95.
• Ahuriri Motel, State Highway 83, 64 3 438 9451, 0800 438 945. 14 rooms.
• Omarama Hotel.

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Get out

• Wanaka. 1 hour by car.
• Queenstown. 2 hours by car.
• Christchurch. 4 hours by car.

More from South Island (New Zealand): Golden Bay, Lake Tekapo, Nelson, Omarama, Otago, Southern Alps, Timaru, Wanaka

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