Queenstown & surroundings

Queenstown & Lake Wakatipu

New Zealand costum world-map:

New Zealand is no longer "down under" - it`s on top!

On the way from Queenstown to Mt. Cook we stopped because there was some smoke ... and nobody knew if there are some more gas-bottles which probably would explode.
As far as I was told nobody was injured.

As some source told me this "insider information" this spot is a site where
the biggest battle in "Lord of the Rings" was filmed.

on the way to TWIZEL....

where we planned to take a plain for a scenic flight to Mt. Cook on the next day....

Eventually we made the flight from north of Twizel with "Air Safaris".

Mt. Cook (3754 m) - the tallest Mountain in New Zealand in the background.

Lake Tekapo / 58,5km north of Twizel were we camped for the night....

Lake Tekapo / 58,5km north of Twizel were we camped for the night....

c ya, gagobert