Invercargill

Invercargill is New Zealands southernmost city and it offers an excellent range of shops and cafes, bars and restaurants. The city is on the Southern Scenic Route and is the gateway to some of New Zealands most beautiful scenery and destinations including the Southland heartland, Stewart Island, Fiordland and the Catlins.

With a combination of cultural attractions, a rejuvenated city life and outstanding nature reserves and parks, visitors to Invercargill for the rugby will not be short of activities. From excellent shopping to lively cafes, restaurants and bars, Invercargill has all the benefits of city life with few of the drawbacks. Explore the city and its many fine museums, art galleries and parks or take a short trip to one of the bush reserves, beaches or gardens on Invercargills outskirts. Stretch your legs and wonder at the harmony of nature on one of Invercargills manageable bush trails. Walk through totara forest at Sandy Point Domain, just 7km west of the city. Experience the native bird-life and climb the sand dunes. Look-out points on the many tracks give fantastic views of the New River Estuary. For those who like history, this peninsula was home to early Maori and used by whalers.

Rugby Park is the venue for matches on the 10 and 17 September in pool B featuring Scotland and Argentina.The Stadium address is; Rugby Park, Cnr Elles Rd and Tweed St, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.

Accomodation

There is a wide variety of accommodation to choose from in Invercargill, from; hotels, motor inns to self-catering motels and apartments; bed & breakfasts and backpacker lodges to holiday parks with budget accommodation, campervan and campsites:

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Car Hire

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