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Glenorchy Slideshow
Glenorchy
Travel Blogs from Glenorchy, New Zealand
A 144 Hour tour - Greenstone And Kepler
This is a top pick! ... in England and the other from Maine in the United States) and an older Kiwi couple (not the birds , just people who live in New Zealand ... Funny mental image though ... he he). It's nice to have a mixture of people from different places because you just ...
Ride of the Rings
This is a top pick! ... filmed around Queenstown, we thought why don't we do a LOR tour? We chose Dart Stables' Ride of the Rings in Glenorchy, which said in their brochure "Be transported into Middle Earth astride your own steed!" I've only ridden a horse once, ...
Rees-Dart & Routeburn Tramp - Day 259-266
This is a top pick! ... to be a relatively easy day with a 550 metre descent to Daleys Flat hut at 470 metres. What I've learnt about tramping in New Zealand is the trail conditions, the swollen creeks, the ankle deep mud and the numerous little ups and downs which aren't ...
New Zealand's Great for Tramps
This is a top pick! ... the kitchen, we got chatting then I noticed that they had brought a miniture chess set with them, how could I resist? Sadly for New Zealand they suffered the second largest defeat of any country so far, after Russia, we played five wildly open games, and ...
Without a Paddle
This is a top pick! ... Spur of the moment decisions usually result in top adventures and yesterday's meander through the Dart Valley was no exception. The Glenorchy based company 'Dart River Safaris' have a bit of a promotion on at the moment inviting Queenstown locals to ...
Stunning Scenery
This is a top pick! ... . Taking it easy, we probably doubled the expected journey time and rolled into the 'one horse town' of Glenorchy at lunch time (which is any time in New Zealand - 'it's all good'). We had a leisurely pub meal and I was happily restored to my status ...
Halfway to Paradise
This is a top pick! ... start with; Tim was loud and jovial whereas Lou couldn't manage to string a simple sentence together through her claret teeth. In New Zealand you don't get served if you're excessively pissed ('intoxicated' they call it). It's illegal for them to do ...
It's just another day for you and me in paradise!
This is a top pick! ... that we would visit Glenorchy, a small village only a 45 minute drive up the road from where we live in Queenstown. Glenorchy is a tiny village, boasts a population of approx.215! Most days do however see many tourists pass through Glenorchy. Its a ...
A day out to remember why we live here!
This is a top pick! ... 's and Alpaca's which we did not expect to see until we got to Peru - but there they were grazing in the mountains in New Zealand!! They were really cute, one came right up to the camera! We saw lots of goats (including one which put it's front ...
Take-Two
This is a top pick! ... I got there which made taking pictures a little tricky. Nevertheless, I was still blown away. It's true what they say; Glenorchy is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. I never made it to Paradise as I was running low on petrol and knew that the chances ...
The Routeburn Track
... bridges and waterfalls with snow capped mountains and deep valleys all around. The Routeburn is one of the nine Great Hikes of New Zealand and has been called one of the greatest hikes in the world by National Geographic so we knew we were in for a ...
(Frisbee) Golf anyone?
... drove through Queenstown which was sleeping and made our way along the coast of Lake Wakatipu which was stunning to a small town called Glenorchy. Here we were introduced to our guide who was quite funny (he suggested we kept the liability waiver not as a ...
The Tramp: Routeburn Track and Greenstone Track
Another one of our planned adventures started out with an overnight stay at Kinloch Lodge at the top of Lake Wakatipu near Glenorchy, about 40 km northwest of Queenstown. After arranging our gear and leaving most of our contents in a locker here, I ...
Christmas cheer!
... after eating dinner but got back on it at dusk (10pm) and carried on well into the wee small hours (again). The new house I'm in has 7 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms spread over 3 storeys. The gardens to the front side and rear attract the sun ...
Lord of the Rings mecca
We drove from Queenstown to Glenarchy and back, as this is a no-exit road. There were awesome views of Lake Wanaka en route. The road was narrow, and wound up and down at the side of the gorgeous blue water. At the end of the road, is a ...
Glenorchy in der Pampa
... Lake etc :-) (name ist programm). dafür ist man wirklich abgeschieden von zivilisation im ganzen gebiet (von handyempfang auch in glenorchy selber konnte keine rede sein natürlich) und die 'cabins' zum übernachten waren eher schmudelig und in der ...
Day 33 LOTR TOUR -A Thousand Pictures Day
... One of the things I like about traveling on our own is we really get to met the people and make new friends. Of course we took so many pictures. Glenorchy was the site of Isengard and Lothlorien. We also went to Paradise which really is close to it. ...
Dart Stables - 2 day horse trek
Today we started our two day horse trek from Glenarchy to Paridise. We drove from Queenstown to Glenarchy (45 minutes), oops we forgot to get gas last night, will be make it? Yep but we add a few liters at the only gas station in Glenarchy for the ...
The Greenstone Track
... even get going on the road out of town until late in the afternoon... still without a shower, to my dismay. The drive to Glenorchy was spectacular! The road follows the east side of the GIANT lake so that the whole time the wall of mountains is visible ...
The Routeburn Track..our first Great Walk
... the Routeburn. So now we've done the same 1/2 hour bit for the third time and we are about to actually walk into new territory. And onto our first Great Walk. At first the track leads up a winding path through much of ...
Spectacular Scenery!
Shar: This morning was a bit rainy and the sky looked full of clouds so we didn't know what to expect. We joined everyone again in the shelter for breakfast and then headed out. As seems to be the case every morning, the clouds were present, high and ...
Greenstone & Caples Hike/Hut
... ! One more note, I've had a few requests asking for our address so here it is: 29 Panorama Terrace Unit 31 Queenstown 9300 New Zealand Side note: I'll take anything from Target, Runners World Magazines (old or new) and a chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-A ...
Culture shock
... at a wedding in Mexico...). I guess I will just have to go back. If you're checking out airlines to go, we really enjoyed our service form Quantas and I would definitely fly them again...especially back to New Zealand!!! but for now... Haere ...
Routeburn Track
On Friday the 13th(!), we started the 33km Routeburn Track. We were a little worried about the weather because they were forecasting snow but we have learned that their forecasters are no better at predicting the weather than ours are in the US (or as ...
Private LOTRings Tour at Glenorchy
... your way." - GALWAY KINNELL Love to all of our friends and family back home, to all of our friends in Australia and New Zealand whom we've made, and all of our tour guides and those who made our travels enjoyable..... justine and bob ...
I Would Walk 500 Miles
New Zealand's Great Walks: these are NZ's premiere hiking tracks with some of the best scenery in the country. Our top choice, since we have limited time here, was the world-renowned Routeburn track which crosses over the southern alps linking ...