...Lord Of The Ring -Trilogy was filmed in NZ at over 100 different locations and if you have seen all 3 movies then as you travel around you can see the land just as it appears in the movies-its like walking the Middle Earth and you expect Frodo ,Sam and Gollum to jump in front of you anytime as they walk the last mile to Mount Doom! The one above is where Gandalf The Grey was filmed riding his white horse with Pippins & Co and was also used for Orcs battling with the Dwarfs...we saw quite a few films location places as we travelled around the both islands of NZ...all locations here are around Queenstown....
...at this exact place is where Legolas fired his first arrow at the Wargs as they came over the hill in their thousands...V and I are doing what Legolas did except substitue Wargs for Sheep!as director Pritti Jackson watched!
...here is where Legolas did his amazing jump onto his horse before battle...also here Wargs and Riders Of Rohan clashed...
...this exact place is where the Rohirrim Refugees were led on a perfectly clear and prstine day as this .... the background mountain are called The Remarkable and are used in all 3 films...
...around this little pond is where Aaragon was dragged over the cliff face...also the pond was used for Gollum hunting for fish...
....Quennstown below and Lake Wakatipu-both used in films throughout...this town is the world capial of Adrenaline acvtivities...from bungy to sky-diving to sledging...Bungy was invented here by a fellow name A J Hackett...
...here Gimli was thrown from his runaway horse to the amusement of Eowyn...I am the horse and V plays Gimli the dwarf...oh ! and as Pritti Jackson directs...she kept on saying "well that was really good by lets do it again!" we had 3000 takes before she got on the horse!
...known as Tongariro National Park...the icy Volcano is called Ruapehu and was used as Mount Doom in the film---the area here is where they filmed the barren waste land of Mordor ,this is desolate and much tortured land from which Sauron planned all his wars to win domination over Middle-Earth... and quiet a large part the movies were filmed here...you half expect Wargs and Orcs to attack you anytime and hoping that Gandalf and The Fellowship to come to your rescue...
...three mountain across used in the films and one is a live volcano...middle one was used as Mount Doom...both pictures taken within 2 hours...across Lake Taupo and town called Taupo...beautiful place...
...as above...
...lots of filming here...this scene was used as Misty Mountain far away...across Lake Wakatipu
...as we approched Queenstown via Lake Wakatipu...driving from Milford Sound...Queenstown and the surroundings are just so gorgeous-just can't put it in to words...it has everything... 
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