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- 22 de fev. de 2025
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 4.308 pés
Nova ZelândiaHorn Creek or Bush Creek45°0’7” S 168°37’42” E
Queenstown !

Our five days in the “adventure capital” of New Zealand has flown by.
There are plenty of outside, sporty activities and things to do here. We arrived at the hotel and discovered we had a massive apartment with fantastic views across Lake Wakatipu, the longest lake in NZ and the third biggest. See the pic…room with a view !
We had a days cycling 🚴♀️ around the bike trails and wineries of the area and visited Arrowtown, a small town which grew out of the gold rush about half an hour from Queenstown. We took electric mountain bikes 🚲 and whizzed around which meant we could visit all the vineyards in the area! 🍷We saw the bungy jumpers doing their thing (we didn’t partake …😎, but had a good watch at the brave and not so confident ones.).
Our highlight was zip wiring down a gorge in Glenorchy. We found this via a recommend and it was exhilarating flying through the forest, trees and rivers along 8 different zip lines. We finished the day driving through Paradise Road, a stunning journey, flanked by mountains and gorges, many of which were used for locations for the Lord of the Rings and Mission Impossible 2 films.
As the lake is such a centrepiece of Queenstown, we took a trip on the TSS Earnshaw a steam ship ⛴️ over to Walter Peak High Country Farm which enabled us to see the town from the water and got closer to the Remarkables mountains and see a most beautiful sunset 🌅.
Our final day was planned to climax with a half day of white water rafting. At short notice this was cancelled as the Shotover River was too low due to rainfall being limited in the last two months. So we climbed a mountain instead (!), the saddle of Ben Lomond (1,380 metres/4,100 feet), had panoramic views down onto Queenstown and a great gondola 🚠 trip down.
On more mundane matters we got a puncture and somehow managed to get it fixed for free ahead of our next lot of miles north. We do like New Zealanders! 🥰 (especially Sam at the garage 🙏).
Next stop Wanaka via the Crown Range and Cardrona.Leia mais
Viajante Such adventures! The zip wires take some courage too. 💕🩷
Viajante Loving the zip wire 👍
Viajante Adventurous!