Lake Wanaka & Lake Hawea

Lake Wanaka is a very nice spot - that`s maybe one reason why many rich people from Christchurch have a holiday letting here... Lake Wanaka - click here to see a satellite-pic!

In Lake Wanaka & the surroundings are many spots which were used in the Trilogy "Lord of the Rings" as well ... what might make it easier for you to imagine, what the area looks like.

For me it was an vantage point to participate in an sportive fun-adventure activity:
White water sledging!

See this link for details about white water sledging and click here for pictures.

The reason why I booked my tour with "frogz" was the board-design which is in use @frogz only.
There are two more companies which do sledging in Queenstown/Wanaka but they use different boards which seemed to be not as good for this special purpose in my point of view.

The sledging trip itself then took place in the gorge of the Kawarau River where a scene in "Lord of the Rings" was filmed, which made it even more exciting for me.

The female guide and two more girls and I took the challange and really enjoyed it!
We took the 5km-ride twice - where the second run was starting more far upstream and made the trip longer - and we loved it in the end!!

Click here for the satellite-pic for having a look to the spot we first started to get a picture from what the gagobert experienced.... (click here for the official www.frogz.co.nz locator)