About 15 minutes drive from Glenorchy along Paradise Road are the filming locations for films, Lord of the Rings, and The Hobbit, and Wolverine, and Mission Impossible.
The majority of the filming locations are on the Glenorchy Paradise Road.
Paradise Hillside from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Beorns place, as well as the Hudson Farm in Wolverine. The Fiordland Forest was filmed as Fanghorn Forest in the Two Towers.
Isengard Look out 44° 40.417'S 168° 20.457'E
Access: Glenorchy Paradise Rd
Edge of Isengard: Gandalf rides through the woods just outside the walls of Isengard.
44°40'22.6"S 168°20'28.8"E Mount Earnslaw,
Hudson Farm, X-Men Origins: Wolverine
1771 Glenorchy-Paradise Rd, Glenorchy
44°42'51.6"S 168°21'24.9"E (Just past the Livery stables)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Bridge to Farm is the bridge on the road to Routeburn track)
44°46'25.8"S 168°19'31.9"E
It’s also not far from the start of the Routeburn Track, next to the Dart River. An excellent opportunity to experience the ancient beech forest of Fiordland. This forest also featured in the LOTR movies.
Lothlórien.
The experience of the day was that with the rain, mist, and atmosphere, we could imagine
Orcs, dwarfs, elves and hobbits walking out of the forest.
Orcs, dwarfs, elves and hobbits walking out of the forest.
The Fellowship walks through the outskirts of Lothlórien when they ambushed by the elves. Exact location within the forest is unknown.
Amon Hen
Amon Hen
The Uruk-Hai attack the Fellowship on the slopes above Nen Hithoel where Pippin and Merry are captured and Boromir is killed. Exact filming location within the woods is unknown.
Late afternoon we started to make our way back to Queenstown.
Pigeon and Pig Islands, Lake Wakatipu.
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