Jack's Point Track — Attraction in South Island

I’ve been living here more than a year and this is probably the most beautiful walk I’ve been on. It stretches and hugs the coast along one end of Lake Wakatipu and you have an almost constant view of the waters. You have to do this walk if you love being by the water.

One end of this track is at Jack’s Point, while the other end is at Jardine Park near Poplar Drive (in Kelvin Heights). It’s about 7.1km one way, took me close to 2 hours to walk from Jack’s Point to Jardine Park. About 4hrs20min return including a 20min lunch break.

The trail at Jack’s Point starts off narrow and very hilly - lots of ups and downs - but 20 minutes into the walk you reach a breathtaking spot with an amazing view. Beyond this point, it’s not worth going further for better views unless you want to do the entire trail all the way to kelvin heights. The trail is also marked as a grade 5 mountain biking trail for experienced bikers only. It is narrow, rocky, with steep inclines and declines, and hazardous corners.

At 45min to 1 hour in from Jacks point, the trail widens, and the inclines become more gradual. The whole track is undulating , but it definitely gets easier midway along the track.

If you want to start off easy, start from Jardine Park instead - the path is practically flat from there and is definitely more manageable than starting from Jack’s Point. Plus you get the amazing views pretty quickly with minimal effort. Probably a grade 2 mountain biking...

Great hike up the hill & views at the top overlook Lake Wakatipu & surrounding mountains, just stunning! Can be a bit exposed & windy but the views take your breath away anyway!! 😍❤️🏠 once you hit the top follow track to the right, down a gravel road that then meets up with the Jack's Point roads, can either walk straight back down to public carpark or follow the sealed road to left handside that goes around the surrounding beautiful big homes or can drop down into the Jack's Point Clubhouse for a coffee, wine or something to eat. Very peaceful area, wide open spaces, with picture perfect...

A not well known beautiful walk not far from Queenstown. Very quiet, amazing views of the lake, Remarkables, Queenstown. Parts follow the land of the golf course and the last bit is on the private access street (no cars) but it really doesn't matter because the rest of the walk is so nice. There's a small beach, accessible via an overgrown path, lots of pointy bushes, so long sleeves did help, but I'm pretty sure they cut it back...