How the Southern Way might be your gateway to the Southern Lakes

A Luxury Travel Blog | 14.06.2026 13:02
The Southern Way is the name Tourism New Zealand has given to the network of routes linking the south of the South Island into one explorable loop. From Oamaru and Dunedin on the east coast, down to the Catlins and Stewart Island, through Murihiku Southland and into Fiordland before the icing on the cake of Queenstown, Wānaka and Central Otago (or at least that’s how we’d frame it).