Glenorchy
Journey Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes (private car transfer) & a 55-minute flight
Glenorchy’s spectacular landscapes have become a prime location for film scouts, depicting many scenes from The Lord of the Rings trilogy as well as featuring in the Narnia movies. Twenty kilometres away from Glenorchy, as bucolic farmland gives way to beech forests, lies Paradise. Some say it was christened for its natural charms, others for the paradise ducks that live in the area. Nobody can say for sure how it got its name, but the one thing people agree on is its breathtaking beauty. "This is the Middle Earth I had always pictured," Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf) said of Paradise.