we just left glenorchy we're continuing north it's up to kidloff because there's another
lord of the rings location this is going to be a quicker one we are going to isengard
this is the spot where eisenguard was located with saruman's tower it's just off of a bridge
we just have to park on the side of the road and then looking up north we'll see those exact same
mountains from all the lookout scenes where you see a up eisenguard in the two towers of course
it might look very different because there's no tower there the tower was cg and all of eisengard
was with cg as well and i don't think saruman's hanging out there these days but we're gonna check
it out anyway because even if you don't like lord of the rings um it's still worth seeing just for
le pasage for the scenery oh hopefully we could see anything because right now it's cloudy and
overcast
this looks like it i think we're here i'm just gonna have to go down there there's a
bridge crossing gotta walk down there turn right and then heading in that direction
you'll recognize that range of mountains hopefully we get good
visibility so that you'll at least be able to see the shape of it okay where
you don't even have to have seen any of these lord of the rings movies you could just go there
and just appreciate the locations because this was pre-scouted by peter jackson and his team
so you know that if they pick that spot to be in the movie it's a it's a wonderfully scenic spot
and it helps too if you really enjoy the film and this is it we're approaching it
it's just beyond that bridge
wow
you have to use your imagination there was a lot of cg used in these films once we round that
corner there you're gonna see the only way you'll be able to identify it is by the mountains behind
it okay yeah we won't be able to cut through there let's head on down and see what view we could get
the only way you can really tell is and there's a mountain over there
in the mountains there that dry section over there that's where uh it's freaking cool
where the rocks are that's where eisenguard would have been with power erect right in the middle
it really sucks that the visibility is really low here because for you to really see it you kind
of have to see the mountains extending beyond but it kind of clips right there just because
of all the fog but i'm gonna try to climb around around this section here to get to the other side
with this wind blowing that mountain just disappeared right before our
made it how cold is this water very cold it looks like glacier
oh that's painfully cold okay i want it oh my god
we're thinking that the view might be better on the other side of the dart river
the dart river is the river that lake wakatipu bleeds into the lake wakatibu becomes this river
right here so we're going to try to cross this bridge here on the side of the road and then
i'm hoping it clears up so we can at least see the mountains make better sense of that scene
we got the wind wand oh here it is i think this might be private land
we could probably cut through there maybe we have a bit of a problem this is a private land issue
our only way through there has been fenced off completely fenced unless i'm just gonna walk
what if we walk around and go under the bridge it looks like there's like a man-made path down there
isn't blocked off so i'm gonna say that we can sneak on down go under here
there's definitely a beating path over here oh [ __ ] this is a beaten path so you know
that a lot of people have walked this there you go because it's a better view
let's get out of here the wind is scary
a clear much a clearer less windy day would have been ideal but um you know
the south island the south island in the spring in the spring the rainbow's getting bigger
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