Queenstown: Explore City

Day 10: Morning Walk, Jet Boat Tour, Mountain Hike SkyLine, Ice Bar, Fergburger

Our second day in Queenstown was very adventurous. In the morning we met one of the other intro travel guides who took us on a walk around Lake Wakatipu while explaining the story of the two lovers and the man's battle against a giant to free and marry his love. The woman was of high noble birth, while the man was a common warrior who was not allowed to marry her. One day a giant came and kidnapped her, and the chief offered her hand in marriage to any man who could return her. Well the man saw his opportunity and sought out the giant. He figured out that the giant always slept during nights where there were winds from the north-west. Therefore, during the next night with those winds and while the giant was sleeping, he snuck into his den, retrieved his love, and then set fire to all land around the giant's den. The giant burned to death in the S shape of Lake Wakatipu. The two lovers were able to marry, and the only thing left of the giant was his heart which is still said to be beating to this day by evidence of the lake's waves.

After the hike, the group was set for a Jet Boat tour of Lake Wakatipu and the Kawarau River involving many close calls almost hitting various buoys, docks, trees and even a bridge.

Later a select few of the group decided to go on a hike during the afternoon free time up the Tiki Trail to the top of Bob's Peak for a great view of the city. The 45 min hike brought us to the top of Bob's peak where we were able to take a free gondola ride back to the bottom and evade the $45 fee for a ride up.

The hike worked up quite an appetite and sweat for its participants. The best solutions at the time seemed to be the -5℃ Ice Bar and the one and only Fergburger, which is famous for having one of the best burgers in all of New Zealand. I gave it 8.5/10. Not the best i've ever had, but still quite delicious.

Following dinner, the group decided to have a movie night resulting in 10-12 grown adults all singing along to the greatest sequel ever created: Shrek 2. This is also where I was introduced to the unfortunate truth that the rest of the world has better chocolate than the United States and it's not even close.Okumaya devam et