Our first day in Queenstown - we woke up to a beautiful view from our apartment on the hills surrounding Lake Wakatipu. Pretty much all of the hilly terrain is covered by homes. It was raining till about 11am, so we took it easy in the morning and started our walk downhill around noon. We made our first stop at the tourist office to book our excursion (after much deliberation) to Doubtful Sound and the Walter Reed farm across the lake. Queenstown is considered the adventure capital of the area and offers various fun and thrilling activities to do.
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| Mountain Luge track |
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| View of Lake Wakatipu from the top |
From there, we walked about 10 mins to the base of the Gondola that takes you up the mountain for the Mountain Luge activity. The gondola ride itself is super with lovely views of the lake and surroundings. At the top, they have a welcome center with facilities, a Kiwi Haka Maori show theatre, restaurant, ice cream shop and the thrilling Mountain Luge ride track.
We made our way to the line taking people up the hill via the chairlifts (just like at ski slopes). It is a lot of fun to go down the mountain in the luge. The first time, you have to go down the gentle slope and then you can do the fast track. You will want to do it again and again!!
We also saw the Maori show which was nice. We came down around 7pm. Definitely an activity to do in Queenstown.
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