Queenstown from Google Earth
Our long plane journey across 3 continents was finally to end when we reached Queenstown located in Otago on New Zealand's South Island, it overlooks the gorgeous Lake Wakatipu and is a centre for bungee jumping, snow sports, water sports and hiking!
We stopped at two hostels here, Nomad's and Adventure Queenstown, both were lovely along with the town and its relaxed atmosphere.
We were due to start our field trip from here, but we had a day to explore first and a couple days at the end of the trip. We decided to have an explore round, there are plenty shops, restaurants, bars and scenic views to be enjoyed!
On our second visit we went on a night out (which was great) and went bungee jumping (See previous Nevis Bungee post). In between our two visits we headed to Kinloch which also overlooks Lake Wakatipu but is only a few buildings rather than a whole town!
Queenstown is definitely somewhere you want to visit if you find yourself on New Zealand's South island, we had a GREAT time and of course i'm about to bombard you with pictures to illustrate this :P
Obligatory plane photos, the view was absolutely gorgeous as it was such a clear day, this was just as we left Auckland.
We spotted a volcano while still flying above the North island.
Our first view of the South island.
Mountains and lakes everywhere!
Insanely huge mountains dominate South island.
Flying into Queenstown airport between two sets of mountains.
Lake Wakatipu from the lake beach.
The shopping street, full of shops and restaurants.
Lake Wakatipu in the sunlight complete with typical Eider ducks!
The view of the mountains at the Shotover river.
The Shotover river.
The point where we started making our own geomorphological maps, absolutely stunning and only about 1 hour out of Queenstown.
And in typical geographer fashion, here is the River Rees...
View from the skyline gondola in Queenstown.
And the view down haha.
Views from the top, absolutely stunning again! Well worth the money :)
Para gliders over lake Wakatipu.
Glenorchy, the area where Isenguard from Lord of the Rings was filmed, located between Kinloch and Queenstown.
A paradise duck! Yes I like ducks...
Lake Wakatipu from Kinloch in the morning.
Mountain scenery on the way to Kinloch.
And now for a few fun ones....
The big back pack up for rent in Queenstown!
The giant kiwi that clearly fascinated me and Holly!
Chilling in front of Lake Wakatipu.
Jumping in lake Wakatipu, VERY cold, but it proves we clearly have a lot of love for this lake :D
Shotover jet boat time! Quite expensive for what it was, but definitely a must do if you're not tight for money, it can be booked from the tourist centre in Queenstown along with various bungees!
For more information visit the tourism website here, because I know you are obviously planning your visit already!
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