LOTR

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Kia Ora!

LOTR. Lord of the Rings. This is an attraction for many tourists to NZ. But where to go? XXXX Jackson (a native of Auckland) shot his famous trilogy all over South Island. One can take a LOTR tour in many places. The one that sounded the best to me was the all day tour by Glenorchy Air out of Queenstown. Only $755 per person. So indecisive, we didn't take any of the tours, but we did visit some of the places where scenes were shot.

I have already mentioned Weta Cave (). A visit here when in Wellington is complementary to any LOTR tour and worth the time. It is the creative workshop responsible for the wonderful special effects of the films. ADD PHOTO

One day, KC and I drove out to Lake Mavora, which appeared in the first film. The scenes that were shot here: a) Fellowship arrives at Lawn of Parth Galen on 3 greyboats given by Galadriel; b) in the last scene of the film, Frodo and Sam go across the lake to the slopes of Amon Lhaw to continue the quest alone. There is nothing at the location to suggest any movie crews had ever been here. This is an isolated area quite far off the main thoroughfares and a primitive setting for the campers who take advantage of its beauty to do come hiking and fishing. We were there on a warm sunny day and enjoyed the birds, including the black swan family not far from shore. PHOTO

We drove out to Glenorchy, another area where much filming was done. PHOTO