New Zealand Christmas & New Years 2014/2015
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The view of the Dart River.
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The Dart River
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A huge rabbit
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A great boardwalk system around and through the lagoons.
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Black swans
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Map of the Dart River Wilderness Safari Ride. The blue line represents the boat ride. After a 20 minute hike, we will board a bus that will take us back through some Lord of the Rings filming sites.
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Maori greenstone art work
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Jet boat ride up the Dart River.
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Filming locations for LOTR Isengard, Lothlorien, and Amon Hen.
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Yes, the water is that blue!
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Beautiful beech forests.
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A normal chair
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Made for hobbits.
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Hiking through forest with great red beech trees. It is also the location of several LOTR filming scenes including Amon Hen (the battle with the Orcs when Frodo decides that he must leave the Fellowship and go off on his own.)
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Love the tree top canopy.
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Exploring the filming locations of many movies including Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Wolverine. The book shows the scenes from those movies.
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The Dart River delta is the location of Isengard.