Offering views of Cape Saunders on the Pacific Ocean coast, Dunedin is the second largest city in the South Island and one that features dramatic bush covered hills and valleys at the end of its long naturally formed harbour.  Dunedin was the city where gold was discovered back in 1861, making it an epicentre for the nation’s wealth, and giving it a national respect which has never waned. Dunedin is adorned with impressive buildings like its soaring cathedral spires, its distinctive Flemish style railway station, its 19th century castle and its neo Gothic convent. Climb Mount Cargill north of the city for the best views of the harbour, peninsula and Otago coastline.