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 The information about this location have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator. Rank : 10.0 (average on 1 votes)Coordinates : -45.076984, 168.581386 ( Open in Google Maps) Subjects : Aside from the beauty itself of Lake Wakatipu, just landed that one associates with Switzerland for similarity, it's nice, the lake overlooks the important center of New Zealand Queenstown, location of the winter vacation made in NZ, full of youth and life for the streets in the evening, and then harbingers of many street scenes. Its parks are peaceful and even beautiful to photograph, as they are facing directly on lago.Ci are also all the beautiful mountains of the Alps of New Zealand: Tooth Peaks, Mount Creighton, Mount Larkins, and then the marvelous valley of Otago, the clapper scene of many of the scenes in the Lord of the Rings, which reach other large most northern peaks: Mount Edward, Centaur peaks, Somnus, Headlong Peak, etc ... All perfect places to explore, with long walks or a small plane rental, mountains and the nature of the place, with wildlife encounters and beautiful landscapes will assicurati.Infine overlooking the small, quiet town of Glenorchy, with its scenes of rural life and its small airport where they do paragliding making drag with the ultra-light and then glide gently to the ground.Recommended equipment : From wide angle to tele can serve everyone, given the breadth of the place and the variety of subjects. Not to forget a macro if they do, since interesting subjects from the point of view of the flora and secure insects abound. Even very possible photographic safari, so the super telephoto can also be an option in case the target is the one. practically mandatory tripod for evening scenes, morning or night. The sorting of the equipment may be made from day to day depending on the subject that will be chosen gradually, not to carry around all during each trek output, which may also be long.Best months : Summer or spring, to find the best light, winter is likely cloudy days that may make frustrating the attempt to take decent pictures. But autumn has its own charm in mountain areas! Obviously, if skiing the answer is "winter", but these are less photographic tastes I would say! : PHow to get there : Plane comfortably in Queenstown, and then to turn the region definitely the most comfortable choices is a car right there at the airport rental. 4x4 if you want to venture out on the mountains of the Alps to the north. Another choice is to hire a couple of hours or three with a small Cessna or other light aircraft to make a turn over the beautiful peaks of the New Zealanders Appli, maybe even themed "places the film Lord of the Rings".Visits : Since it is a geographic region, the field is not applicable.Notes : | | Nearby:   Milford Sound (Piopiotahi) 69 km
 Gillespies Beach 211 km
 Abel Tasman National Park 583 km
 Waitomo Glowworm Caves 931 km
 Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland 987 km
 Hobbiton 997 km
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