Queenstown is situated on Lake Wakatipu with amazing views of the Southern Alps. We also visited nearby gold mining town – Arrowtown and Wanaka – known for “that Wanaka Tree.”
Queenstown
We stayed in Queenstown at Heartland Hotel with Lake Wakatipu and the Southern Alps providing a stunning backdrop.
Arrowtown (Gladden Fields)
Arrowtown is a quaint, historic gold mining town about 20 minutes northeast of Queenstown. It was very peaceful roaming this adorable town. The LOTR Disaster of Gladden Fields was filmed along the Arrow River Bridges Trail (film location: 44°56’23.6″S 168°50’24.0″E). We had fun galloping like Isildur along this trail, swinging over the river, and pretending like the One Ring betrayed us.
Wanaka
Wanaka and it’s beautiful lake are an hour northeast of Queenstown, and we briefly stopped along our drive from Twizel. It was unfortunately raining so our view of the lake and “that Wanaka tree” were pretty dreary.
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