The city of Invercargill is often a warm surprise to visitors with its fine heritage buildings and wide streets. It is a city of beauty with many historic buildings to explore.

The Southland Museum and Art Gallery is a fascinating destination - it is the largest pyramid in the southern hemisphere where you can explore millions of years of Southland’s history. The museum is also home to 50 live Tuatara and there is an astronomical observatory. Three art galleries feature changing displays of local, national and international art, from historical to contemporary.

Invercargill is also the gateway to Southland from the spectacular Southern coastline of New Zealand and via the southern scenic route to the majestic tranquility of Fiordland's Doubtful Sound and Milford Sound. Explore Southland’s key attractions such as Stewart Island, New Zealand’s new National Park, the Catlins, and the Southern Scenic Route, New Zealand’s most diverse touring route. Southland, is known worldwide for its trout fishing and country music.

Bluff, a 20 minute drive south from Invercargill is famous worldwide for it's Oysters, the signpost at the end of Highway One and its port. Here you can catch a ferry to Stewart Island the third wonder of New Zealand.

Southland and Invercargill are places to visit if you’d like to get away from it all with plenty to keep you there!

	A small selection of the attractions Invercargill has to offer:
	Splash Palace Heated Swimming Complex		Anderson Park
	Southland Museum and Art Gallery		Invercargill City Spirit Walk
	Anderson Park Art Gallery		Otepuni Gardens
	Queens Park		Invercargill Heritage Trail
	Oreti Beach		Festival of Gardens
	Information Centre		plus so much more...
Each Best WesternŽ hotel is independently owned and operated.