Make yourself at home.
Clubhouse Amenities.
The building blocks of the community at Wyuna Preserve are the places in which to get together.
The onsite community clubhouse and its facilities offer a great opportunity to enjoy Wyuna Preserve with your friends and other residents. Here you'll enjoy the gym and pool, complete with a recreation and entertainment complex.
The privacy of Lake Fyfe is a perfect spot to try your luck for a brown or rainbow trout, or soak in the environment by boat.
The gatehouse ensures access to Wyuna is always discreet and secure.
Management
Wyuna has a property manager with an office located at the Gate House. A full time caretaker located in a purpose built undertakes the property maintenance facility within the Preserve with all of the required plant and equipment owned by the Residents Association.
The Preserve has an active Residents Association responsible for ensuring that the property is properly managed and all compliance requirements are achieved.
Beyond the Clubhouse.
Within Wyuna Preserve is a health retreat, Aro Hā.
Aro Hā believe in unearthing the essentials of wellness and packaging those essentials into concise programs that are proven to yield exceptional results.
The Wyuna Stables provide opportunities for those who would like to explore the surrounding area on horseback.
The airstrip opposite the gate entrance to the preserve provides a landing area for small planes and helicopters. We are also seeking a helipad location on land adjacent to the preserve.
Great local Experiences.
HIKING AND WALKS
Take a walk, a ‘Great Walk’ on the Routeburn Track. This premier track straddles both Aspiring and Fiordland National Parks passing through some of New Zealand’s most awe-inspiring alpine landscapes. Although commonly traversed over three days, many of this tracks vast highlights can be achieved in a day from Wyuna Preserve. About 30 minutes from Wyuna Preserve, the Routeburn Track is one of New Zealand’s nine Great Walks and is maintained by the Department of Conservation.
There are also good one-day tracks, with shorter walks nearby, including Invincible Gold Mine Track. Built by miners in the 1880s, the Invincible Gold Mine Track is an uphill walk that offers wonderful views of the Rees Valley and Mt Earnslaw/Pikirakatahi. This is a 3 hour hike. The track is 30 minutes drive up Rees Valley Road from Glenorchy. The road is gravel with fords.
FISHING
Wyuna Preserve is close to several of New Zealand’s iconic trout fishing rivers with the Greenstone and Caples minutes away by helicopter. Good fishing is also available nearby in local rivers and streams, along the lake edge or around the river mouths that flow into Lake Wakatipu. Close to home, Lake Fyfe is stoked with brown and rainbow trout.
GOLF
Queenstown is home to some of New Zealand’s best golf courses, including Jack’s Point, Millbrook and The Hills. With a backdrop of 2300 vertical metres of the Remarkables mountain range and an armchair view of an outstanding lake panoramas, Jack's Point Golf course is one of the most visually spectacular in the world.
FOOD AND WINE
The Southern Lakes region has attracted huge interest for its remarkable ‘New World’ wines, with the local varietals like Pinot Noir being rated amongst the world’s best.
Some of the local wineries, like the award winning Amisfield and Gibbston Valley Winery also boast restaurants and tasting facilities in spectacular settings with cuisine to match. Here is the perfect opportunity to relax, have lunch and enjoy local flavours and superb scenery.
Adventure Activities.
SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING
Queenstown boasts magnificent mountains for skiers and snowboarders of all levels. The enviously long ski season in Queenstown welcomes skiers and snowboarders from June to October. Five ski areas, plus heli-skiing, offer unrivalled alpine scenery, world class infrastructure and varied open and treeless terrain, each ski field has its own unique character.
JET BOAT ON THE DART RIVER
Navigate the Dart River deep into the alpine corridor of Mount Aspiring National Park by jet boat, the challenging grandeur of the mountains and valleys will leave a lasting impression. Discover ice-capped mountains and glaciers, cascading waterfalls and crystal clear streams and pools, all while enjoying the thrill of being aboard your purpose built jet boat that picks up or drops off nearby at Glenorchy.
KAYAKING AND CANOEING THE DART
Begin the adventure with a Dart River jet boat trip upstream, remove the sound of the V8 and replace it with bird song and cascading waterfalls as you paddle to Paradise in your inflatable canoe. Glaciers, rocky peaks, dense rainforest, crystal blue waters and shady chasms can be enjoyed from the serenity of your canoe. An adventure perfect for a family.
BUNGY JUMPING QUEENSTOWN
For over ten years people have been thrilled at this Queenstown icon either by jumping themselves, or as official spectators. Bungy Jump (or watch) from the world’s first commercial site, or choose between four other heart stopping jumps ranging between 42 metres and 102 metres. Guaranteed to be an unforgettable experience.
LOCAL MOUNTAIN BIKING
Wyuna Preserve is an ideal place for mountain biking, no matter what your level. Make a day of it, take a picnic lunch and venture further afield into Mount Aspiring National Park or Paradise itself.
RAFTING QUEENSTOWN
Experience the exhilaration of rafting on either the Shotover or Kawarau Rivers. No previous experience required- professionally trained guides will provide instruction and give a safety briefing. The more challenging Shotover River begins over peaceful waters, heading towards the exhilarating rapids of the lower Canyon. Flowing through the beautiful Kawarau Gorge, passing beneath the Gibbston and Chard vineyards, the Kawarau River offers a mix of gentle flowing water and mighty rapids.