Wanaka – Arrowtown – Queenstown – Day 10

Due to the rain, we managed a sleep in this morning. When we finally did get up the clouds had lifted so we headed back down to the lake to get some photos, finally got some shots of Mt Aspiring with Snow in the distance. Found The Tree in the Lake and took some more pics.

The Tree, Lake Wanaka

We then drove through the high roads to Arrowtown, a very cute historic gold mining town, not far from Queenstown. They have tried to keep the historic look of the town with all the shops, pubs and buildings. We stopped and had lunch at the Post Masters Office Cafe and then did a bit of shopping.

We then continued onto Queenstown via the Crown Ranges and Lake Wakitipu (NZ 3rd largest lake), very pretty but mountainous area. We quickly booked into our B&B and then was picked up by Nomad Safaris for our next tour Into the Wizards Vale – Glenorchy & Paradise. Lots of LOTR scenes were shot the area and 12 Mile Delta. We saw lots of areas around the Lake and also saw The Ernslaw steam ferry.