DESTINATIONS — AUSTRALASIA


jet-boating down the Ganges are plenty of insights into an often cripplingly shy character whose life was touched by tragedy. That an airport is named after him in Nepal – where his wife and daughter died in a plane crash – seems particularly dark. Book it: Accommodation at the Hermitage starts from £48 per person per night with Kuoni. Great Sights runs Mount Cook day tours from Queenstown and Christchurch, from £92. greatsights.co.nz


an introduction to sheep farm life can be found at Walter Peak. The farm is reached via a scenic cruise on the Earnslaw steam ship across Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown, and once there, sheepdog and shearing demonstrations are put on as entertainment.


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Farm life New Zealand became rich on the back of the wool and lamb industries, and


Book it: Anzcro offers an Earnslaw cruise and Walter Peak farm tour for £51 per adult and £15 per child. anzcro.co.uk


before long someone will start talking about Lord Of The Rings. Filming of this epic trilogy took part all over the country, but a number of the key scenes were shot on the South Island around Queenstown. The beech forest near Glenorchy doubled as Lothlorien, while the Ford of Bruinen river crossing into Rivendell is near Arrowtown and Gandalf rode up to Isengard along the Rees-Dart track in the Mount Aspiring National Park. Book it: Anzcro sells Safari of the Scenes tours from Queenstown for from £106. It also offers trips to the Hobbiton village set from Rotorua, from £46. anzcro.co.uk TW


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