Celebrating at The Headwater Eco Lodge, Glenorchy
It takes a special friend, celebrating a special birthday, to bring people together and have an adventure at The Headwaters Eco Lodge in Glenorchy . Forty minutes from Queenstown, at the head of Lake Wakatipu, is Glenorchy, a small sleepy town in the middle of no-where. We were looking for somewhere to go, not far […]
Camp Glenorchy – accommodation we should all aspire to
When I recently visited Queentown I made a trip to Glenorchy to see the recently opened, Camp Glenorchy. For those of you not familiar with Glenorchy, it’s at the northern most tip of Lake Wakatipu, about an hour out of Queenstown. It’s remote and surrounded by spectacular mountains giving it a real wilderness feel. It’s […]
Exploring the ethereal wilderness of the Dart River
When I was in Queenstown recently I decided to do the jet boat trip up the Dart River and see the ethereal wilderness of this beautiful part of the country. I did it years ago and remembered it vividly. In the depths of winter it was seriously freezing, but the good thing was the hand-rail […]