Cardrona, New Zealand

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Cardrona is a small town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on the banks of the Cardrona River and on the Crown Range Road, which connects Wanaka and Queenstown. The name was Cardrona of the local Scottish landowner Robert Wilkin to Cardrona in the Scottish Borders.

The town was founded during the Otago gold rush of the 1860s. In those days, up to 5000 people in the town and its surroundings. He is known for his distinctive hotel from the time of the Gold Rush, which lies on the opposite bank, while only a few houses have remained from the original village. Another historic building is the town hall and church, held the Cardrona Folk Music Festival annually in the.

The Pub of Cardrona was known by a advertising campaign of the Speight's brewery in Dunedin, which also sells an eponymous beer brand. Speights has since replicas this pubs in other parts of New Zealand, including Mount Eden, Auckland, erected.

In Cardrona international auto Mountain Race Race to the Sky took place several years. To the west of Cardrona is the Mt Cardrona Cardrona Alpine Resort and the ski area.