Bluff
Worth seeing in and around Bluff
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Paua House
The Paua House was a tourist attraction in the southern New Zealand town of Bluff, but now on display at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch.
1.3 km · display at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch New Zealand · Wikipedia - 02Stirling Point
Stirling Point is a landmark at the southern end of the New Zealand in a town called Bluff, New Zealand. It is notable as the southern end of both State Highway 1 and Te Araroa; both these facilities span the length of the country.
2.4 km · New Zealand landmark · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bluff
- Airports
- Queenstown (ZQN), 179 km
- Stations
- Bluff Harbor, 900 m
- Queenstown → BluffTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Christchurch → Bluff480 km · quickest by road, 10h 15m · NZ$85–110
- Wellington → Bluff784 km · quickest by road, 20h 35m · NZ$145–190
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bluff
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bluff. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe Stewart Island Ferry coach transfer shuttle from Invercargill, which can be reserved through the online ferry booking system.
- Get inRuns two to three times per day, in sync with the ferry departures.
- Get inYou can book it separately from the ferry, so you could use it even if you aren't getting on the boat, but be careful when you return from Bluff to Invercargill, since the driver assumes that passengers come from ferries and may depart before the time reserved if the ferry arrives early.
- Go nextStewart Island, most of which is a conservation area, is accessible by ferry.
From Wikivoyage: Bluff, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Bluff
- Ocean Beachlocality in Invercargill City, Southland Region, New Zealand2 km