Fairlie is a quiet rural town in the Mackenzie District in South Canterbury, New Zealand. It has one of the nicest and cleanest public toilets in New Zealand - with underfloor heating!

Get in

By car

Fairlie is on State Highway 8, two and a half hours south of Christchurch and 3.5h north of Queenstown.

By bus

• Atomic Shuttles, ☏ +64 3 322-8883, reservations@atomictravel.co.nz. 
• Wanaka Connexions, ☏ +64 3 443-9122, fax: +64 3 443-8237, bookings@wanakaconnexions.co.nz. 
• Southern Link Shuttles, ☏ +64 3 358-8355, fax: +64 3 358-8585. 
• Great Sights, ☏ +64 9 583 5790, toll-free: 0800 744 487, gsinfo@greatsights.co.nz. 
• Intercity Newmans, ☏ +64 3 379-9020, toll-free: 0800 100 663. 

Do

• Alpure Peaks Snowcat and Backcountry Adventures. Guided ski and snowboard day tours in the Sherwood Range. 

• Skiing: Ski Roundhill; Mt Dobson; Fox Peak
• Golf, ☏ +64 3 685-8024. Fairlie Golf Club 

Buy

• Fairlie Four Square, Main Street. Mini-supermarket.
• Mint Boutique. Ladies fashion retailer.
• Westpac Bank
• The Ski Shack
• Fairlie House and Garden
• L and L Hardware
• Aorangi Vets
• VetLife
• Gibson Brothers metalwork

Eat

• Eat
• The Gladstone
• Rimuwhare
• Top Pub
• The Old Library Cafe
• The Farm Barn
• Binneys Cafe +64 3 685-8166
• Mainstreet Cafe

Sleep

• Fairlie Top Ten Holiday Park

Go next

• Aoraki Mount Cook National Park – 140 km by road to the west
• Timaru – city on the coast

Routes through Fairlie

Omarama ← Lake Tekapo ←

NW  SE

→ Pleasant Point → Timaru