Travelogues Glenorchy

As you might imagine, there is not often reception and even less places for good WiFi. So the posts from New Zealand will be less frequent I fear. Anyway, this island (the...

Tours to the filming locations of the “Lord of the Rings” films were also offered in Queenstown. Allegedly, one of the hills in the area belongs to Peter Jackson. ...

Our next stage led us to the alpine area around Lake Wakatipu. Queenstown is particularly well-known here, which almost all New Zealand tourists and many adventurous Kiwis...

A little walk in the Queenstown area

Today we were where the dark tower of Saruman once stood, in Isengard.

Yesterday we set off towards "Queenstown". On the drive, the nature of New Zealand once again showed how diverse it can be. From snow-capped mountains to endless green meadows...

Glenorchy is definitely not on the list of New Zealand travelers who only have 3-4 weeks to spend at the other end of the world; unless it's an ardent 'Lord of the Rings' fan...

It rained today. We went to Arrowtown again, this time we went downtown. You can still see the past of the small town as a gold mining village. Afterwards we went hiking to...

Before we came to Glenorchy, we only heard that the landscape and area in and around Glenorchy is very beautiful. However, our main reason for going there was that we wanted to...

Today it was difficult to choose just a few pictures ... so many great impressions and landscapes. First an adrenaline tour with a jet boat in a gorge. We got a bit wet, but it...

11/12/2019 On Wednesday, we decided to indulge in a bit of culture and visited the museum MONA, which is described as very peculiar by most people. You can reach the museum...

11.02.2020-12.02.2020 We enjoyed another day in Queenstown and stayed overnight at the same campsite, just 5 minutes away from the city center. Today, we had a burger for lunch...

The weather once again brought us rain this morning, and we couldn't book the planned boat trip on Lake Wakatipu because the speedboat wasn't running. As an alternative, we...

Today we continued on the trail of the filming locations of 'The Lord of the Rings'. We saw Isengard and the Ithilien Camp where Basti, like a Hobbit, hid behind the bush on the...

28.1. - 29.1. From Queenstown to Glenorchy and back was a beautiful route. But still, one can't help but wonder if New Zealanders can't build roads ;-) Instead of going along...

From Wanaka, I start early at half past nine on my way to Glenorchy. I don't really feel like traveling today, but I really want to go to Glenorchy. On the way to Queenstown, I...