Dart River, New Zealand

Dart River, New Zealand

The Dart River, Te Awa Wakatipu in Māori language, flows through rugged forested country in the southwestern South Island of New Zealand. Partly in Mount Aspiring National Park, it flows southwards for 60 kilometres from its headwaters in the Southern Alps, eventually flowing into the northern end of Lake Wakatipu near Glenorchy. Several popular tramping tracks are found nearby, notably the Rees-Dart Track, which follows the valley of the Dart and the nearby Rees River.

The Dart River, as many other areas in and around the Glenorchy and Queenstown area, has also been the location for many scenes filmed for "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy. Examples of these locations are Isengard, Lothlórien, and the setting of the last battle in "The Fellowship of the Ring", where Merry and Pippin get captured by the Uruk-hai.


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