Omarama

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Omarama is a small town in the Mackenzie Country of New Zealand's South Island. It is 30 kilometres south of Twizel and 100 kilometres south of Mount Cook. It is a world famous gliding centre where scenic glider flights into the Southern Alps are available - as well as a pilot training school.

Contents 1 Get in 1.1 By car 1.2 By plane 2 Get around 3 See 4 Do 5 Learn 6 Buy 7 Eat 8 Drink 9 Sleep 10 Get out 11 External links

Get in

By car

• Omarama is on State Highway 8 at State Highway 83.

By plane

• Christchurch is the nearest international airport.
• Queenstown is the nearest major domestic airport.

Get around

See

• Clay Cliffs, NZ$5. 15 minute drive through a natural hertiage protected site looking at natural erosion that has occurred due to the Ostler fault.

Do

• Gliding. Between September and April.
  • Southern Soaring, 03 438 9600, 0800 762 746, [1]. Flight times range from 20 minutes to an hour or more. NZ$235 - NZ$580. Also offers training courses.
• Hang Gliding, 0800 02 45433. Take an at least 20 minute flight over Omarama.

Learn

• Gaven Wills Mountain Soaring, 64 3 438 9555, [2]. Soaring school with introductory and advanced level courses.

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

• Heritage Gateway Hotel. 98 rooms.
• Countrytime Hotel. 50 rooms.
• Sierra Motels. From NZ$95.
• Ahuriri Motel, State Highway 83, 64 3 438 9451, 0800 438 945. 14 rooms.
• Omarama Hotel.

Get out

• Wanaka. 1 hour by car.
• Queenstown. 2 hours by car.
• Christchurch. 4 hours by car.

External links

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