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Day 24
Breakfast: Served at the hotel from 7am-9am, and featuring a selection of hot and cold dishes. Morning: Let Queenstown truly awaken your sense of adventure when you spend the day making your own discoveries. Perhaps you'll choose to venture up the narrow roads of Skippers Canyon in a four-wheel-drive vehicle to take in incredible views of the Shotover River and learn about the importance of this landscape to gold miners in the 19th century. Thrill seekers may want to push themselves even further by taking advantage of the city's many exciting activities, including zip-lining and bungee jumping. Lunch: Set off on your own to try one of Queenstown’s local restaurants. You may ask your Trip Experience Leader for their favorite. Perhaps you'll stroll along the lakefront in search for a sweet snack at Patagonia Chocolates. Afternoon: Continue exploring Queenstown on your own, or consider joining a half-day optional tour for a jet-boat ride on the Dart River. We begin around 12:40pm by traveling for an hour overland along the shores of Lake Wakatipu to Glenorchy, a frontier town at the base of the Southern Alps. Here, we board a mini-coach for a 20- to 30-minute journey through forests with huge snow-capped mountain backdrops made internationally famous by movies such as The Lord of the Rings. When the road comes to an end, we take a short walk through the forest and board our jet-boat. The Dart River wends within a historic valley that has fascinated explorers for centuries, and as we head upstream, we'll enjoy views in an area so remote that few ever get a chance to experience it. On the downriver journey, our driver will demonstrate the maneuverability of the New Zealand-designed jet boat and show you how this unique craft can spin and turn. After returning to Glenorchy, we ride back to Queenstown, arriving at the hotel around 6pm. Dinner: Around 6:30pm, we will enjoy an included dinner at a local restaurant featuring Kiwi dishes. Evening: This evening, you are free to explore Queenstown’s quaint streets—perhaps meeting some local people along the way. |
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Queenstown
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