Duration: 2 hours return, 30 minutes additional for summit
Best time to go: All year
Location: Queenstown
Starting/Finish Point: Downtown Queenstown
Difficulty: Intermediate
Bike too? Yes, steep riding.
For a moderate challenge, starting directly from downtown, visitors can test their legs on the Queenstown Hill Loop Track up to the ‘Basket of Dreams’, a favourite lookout spot.
The three-hour walk starts and finishes on Belfast Street, or from downtown Queenstown (follow Ballarat Street and then Kerry Drive to Belfast Tce) and offers views over the Wakatipu basin to Cecil Peak, the Frankton Arm and Queenstown Bay.