The only public transport available in Queenstown is the bus service run by Connectabus (tel: (03) 441 4471; website: www.connectabus.com), although Queenstown is small enough that most of the city centre is easily accessible on foot. There are three bus lines, all of which start outside the O'Connell's Shopping Centre on Camp Street. Route A goes to Fernhill, Route B to Goldfields and Route C to the airport. Tickets should be bought on the bus, and returns are available.

The main taxi providers in Queenstown are Alpine Taxi (tel: (03) 442 6666 or 0800 442 6666; website: www.alpinetaxis.co.nz) and Queenstown Taxis (tel: (03) 442 7788 or 0800 788 294; website: www.queenstowntaxis.co.nz).

Car rental companies in Queenstown (other than the ones at the airport) include Apex (tel: (03) 442 8040; website: www.apexrentals.co.nz), Hertz (tel: (03) 442 4106; website: www.hertz.com), Network Car Rentals (tel: (03) 442 7055; website: www.networkcarrentals.co.nz), Omega Car Rentals (tel: (03) 442 5224 or 0800 525 210; website: www.omegarentals.com) and Queenstown Car Rentals (tel: (03) 442 9220; website: www.queenstowncarrentals.co.nz).

Higher Gear (tel: (03) 441 4676 or 0800 881 488; website: www.highergear.co.nz) rent out mountain bikes, and Dr Bike at Outside Sports Ltd, Shotover Street (tel: (03) 441 0074; website: www.outsidesports.co.nz) have even tougher off-road bikes.