Tag: Queenstown
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Queenstown
The last few days I did a lot of tramping up and down the hills but you do not necessarily have to climb the mountains to see something in Queenstown. Even if downtown is not to spread out there are a few nice places to go. And as I did stay near the lake when…
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Rushing down to queenstown
I had no intention of jumping from a bridge, am to heavy to strap myself to a handsome stranger who jumps out of airplanes and to cheap to fork out the money for a very long free fall into a swing. So what I did instead on the second half of the day was strapping…
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Kiwi & Birdlife Park
Well I’ve been to NZ for a few weeks now and I’ve seen a lot of wildlife but so far I have not been fortunate enough to have an encounter with the probably the most known bird in the country. I’ve seen the fruit, the two leged mamal one but not the nocturnal flightless one.…
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Queenstown – Ben Lomond
I did already mention that Queenstown is nestled in between mountains before. But today I decided to go up and have a look. There are two ways you can go up starting in town. If you are not inclined to exercise you can always use the gongola and get a good view from up top.…
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Milford Sound
This mornings departure was very early again and our destination Milford Sound. The trip was pretty uneventful until we reached Garston. Which claims to be New Zealands most inland village. And it is the point where the Bottom Bus and the KiwiExperience bus to Milford Sound meet up. How they managed it that we had…
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A puzzling trip to the gardens in Queenstown
Today was leaving time again. So off I went to Queenstown. The adrenaline city. Everybody stays here for a few days to do all kind of jumping. Be it bungy jumping, sky diving, canyon swings, mountainbiking, ziplining or in the house of horrors. The first stop is – no not Queenstown. That would be too…