Queenstown, New Zealand

Queenstown considers itself the adventure capital of the world. Bungy, jet boats, skydives and luge. The itinerary writes itself, as does the queue.

But the shallow bay known as Tāhuna, was a place people passed through long before anyone thought of leaping off a bridge for pleasure. Travellers crossed here on the way to prized greenstone, or pounamu, in the west. Gold miners arrived in the 1860s. Even the 1932 Bathhouse, built to make visitors feel better, was really an offer to stay on longer.

VoiceMap's self-guided audio tours follow those old routes. Meander along the foreshore from the Bathhouse and learn how a gold camp became a town. Or take a drive through the Kawarau Gorge, past the bridge where commercial bungy has its roots and the stream where Roaring Meg's laughter still echoes, then on to Wānaka. Stop for a Gibbston Valley wine. The adrenaline will stay.

Put your earbuds in and let Tāhuna take its time.