Lord of the Rings in Queenstown

Scenes from all over the Queenstown Region were used in The Lord of the Rings movies. Have a great time touring around linking them all together, while the adventure capital will get your heart pumping and adrenilin racing.

As Arwen ferried the wounded Frodo across the Ford of Bruinen, they were only minutes from the centre of Arrowtown, an historic and well preserved gold mining village about 20 minutes drive from Queenstown. Closer to Queenstown, an exhilarating four-wheel drive (4WD) trip through Skippers Canyon will take you past the spot used to portray the Ford in flood. Travel through Queenstown to Glenorchy and you''ll see why the locality of Paradise was so perfect for scenes in Lothlorien, Isengard, Fangorn and Amon Hen.

For an aerial perspective of the whole area, take a scenic ''locations'' flight, or, if you''d rather something closer to ground, float on a raft down the same river as Frodo. You can even bungy jump into it!