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Travel Blogs from Queenstown
Fond farewell to Kiwiland
The 6 hour drive from Franz Josef to Queensland was simply out of this world. "A Lord of the Rings" scene round each corner, a water-colourists dream. Hillsides of broom in full flower (the locals consider it a scourge, as it is very difficult to get rid of and once it is established, apparently broom can lie dormant in the ground for up to 20 …
KIWI KOUNTRY
We were met at the airport in Queenstown, yesterday, by another great Seasonz guide, JT. On our way to Blanket Bay Lodge, JT took us to Arrowtown, a gold mining town from the 1860s. He explained to us that the buildings we saw were just as they had been in the 1860s. We had a nice walk around town and then onto Blanket Bay, which is a 45 minute …
Horseback riding (Paradise)
I awoke this morning in Queenstown looking forward to my horseback ride through Paradise and Lord of the Rings country. It was raining steadily when I woke up so I phones Dart Stables and asked if the ride was still on. The guide said the sky was all clear up where he was which was just a thirty minute drive from Queenstown (not exactly true). The …
Doubtful Sound
We spent the night after we got back from the Milford Track in a Holiday Park owned by a crazy expat from San Francisco and then we were off to our overnight Doubtful Sound Cruise. Diane, the wife of our captain, picked us up in the morning and took us down to the dock where we got the boat across Lake Manapouri. The freshly fallen snow on the …
We zijn in Queenstown
... Maandagochtend 10 december. Het spettert, maar gelukkig is het niet echt koud. We lopen langs het meer naar Wild Life Centre met bijzondere vogels die hier worden opgelapt. Daarna vertrekken we naar Milford Sound via de Milford Sound Road. Beide staan op de wereld erfgoed lijst, en niet voor niets, de weg is 120km, prachtig en met veel redenen dom veel te stoppen. Z hebben we gewandeld door een sprookjes heksenbos. Alle bomen, hoog, laag, dik, dun, zijn begroeid met een dikke laag mos. ...