Snowboard instructor and ski instructor courses in awesome Wanaka New Zealand

Wanaka is a small but stunning Alpine resort, situated on the eastern shores of a stunningly beautiful lake, surrounded by the breathtaking Southern Alps, a World heritage listed National Park,

With three international ski areas and the largest heli-skiing area outside North America, Lake Wanaka offers something for everyone. Lake Wanaka is the perfect base to experience some of the best skiing and snowboarding available in the Southern Hemisphere

Complimenting all this is an intimate and breathtakingly beautiful resort village. The atmosphere is special, relaxed and welcoming. All the ingredients are here for a memorable experience; great bars, cafes and restaurants and any amount of off-snow adventure activities; from skydiving to golf, mountain biking to winery tours.

High mountains, reliable snow, dry powder and the largest skiable terrain in Australasia. These things give Wanaka some of the best skiing and boarding in New Zealand and the Southern Hemisphere.

Night Life

Wanaka has over forty bars, pubs, lounges and nightclubs, and during the winter season every night in town is a busy night, with many bars enticing you in with a roaring fire, happy hour deals and good music.

On the Lake front there is the Wanaka Ale House, Lounge Bar, HQ, Trout Bar and Kai, these are great places to do a bit of Apreski while enjoying the awesome mountain views across Lake Wanaka

If you feel like a quiet drink and some gentle jazz then “Uno” is the place for you.

“Opium” at the other end of town is nearly always pumping. Has pool tables, live music and some pretty good pub food.

Just up from the Lake Front is Post Office Lane, a small thoroughfare off Ardmore Street, is now home to four of the town’s newest and most exciting venues for food and drink - Barluga, Woody’s, The Cow and the Botswana Butchery, this mini neighborhood has become a hub for eating, drinking and socialising, featuring indoor and outdoor seating and open fires

Dining in and out

Wanaka has one main supermarket in the centre of town where you will purchase all your grocery items, from fresh produce to meats, frozens, a beer and wine section and a delicatessen.

Fresh fruit and vegetables are also available from the Mediterranean food market along with bulk food products, fresh breads, cheeses and pastas.

Over the road from the market is the local butchery where you can source all cuts of meat and the ever-popular local sausage for the BBQ.

Dining out in Wanaka can range from fish and chips on the lakefront to fine dining at one of the many restaurants. Restaurants include, Indian, Mexican, Thai, Seafood, along with a Japanese café with a kiwi twist, and an organic café.

All the cafes in town serve great lattes and the delicious cooked breakfasts are worth getting a hangover for.

Shopping

Firstly and most importantly you will find 7 ski and snowboard shops in Wanaka covering all the major hardware, clothing and accessory brands. 

As for everything else there is pretty much nothing that you can’t buy in Wanaka, whether it is a book, clothes, gifts, electronics or other sporting equipment. Whatever your needs you should be able to find it in a store in town.

Clothing stores range from snow and surf wear to street wear to high fashion for women and men. You will find that there is a great range of well-known international labels in the many stores along with some awesome kiwi designs.

There are many gift stores that don’t just have the usual tourist paraphernalia but have really fantastic original artworks and jewellery made by local people.

Other stores in town include, travel agencies, photo development, internet cafes, hardware stores and bike shops to name a few.

Major credit cards are accepted and there are a number of banks to assist with changing travelers cheques or foreign currency.