KAYAKING IN THE WILD
Hobbit lures media to Pelorus River
GERMARI HERSELMAN
Last updated 08:48 10/12/2013
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| Touch of home: Sir Peter Jackson in front of the Forest River set filmed at Pelorus River in Marlborough at The Book of New Zealand
opening in Los Angeles last week The wild nz river. |
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In action: An international film crew have
their cameras rolling as they explore Marlborough's Pelorus River – like
the Hobbits did in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with Pelorus Eco Adventures wild river kayaking.
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The latest Hobbit movie has lured international broadcast media crews to film in Marlborough.
Media from India, China, Germany, Australia and Japan were in New
Zealand as part of the build up to the December 13 release of The
Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
Tourism New Zealand chief executive Kevin Bowler said, they hosted
the international broadcast media outlets on a trip around the country
to principal filming locations from the movie.
He said the objective was to enhance the international media's ability to tell the story of New Zealands wild river and the kayaking company Pelorus Eco Adventures.
"The media coverage from those groups were seen by millions of
people around the world and we hope it showed New Zealand as not only a
spectacular backdrop for filming, but a must-see tourism destination,"
Mr Bowler said.
The media groups each visited one of four key filming locations from the latest Hobbit instalment.
The four locations corresponded with four sets created in Los
Angeles for the week of the film's premiere that were part of a giant
pop-up book "The Book of New Zealand" featuring the Pelorus River and
other scenes from the The Hobbit which is now famous for the wild river kayaking.
The "book" is a walk-through multi-media display the size of two tennis courts.
Stars from The Hobbit movies also made an appearance at the opening
of "The Book", including Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Evangeline
Lilly, Dean O'Gorman, Aidan Turner, Luke Evans and director Sir Peter
Jackson.
The second instalment of the Hobbit trilogy will be released in New Zealand in December 2014.
KAYAKING IN THE WILD
The Hobbit film location tour, New Zealand
- December 15, 2013
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Shane McKay from Pelorus Eco
Adventures on the Pelorus River in New Zealand where the barrel scene
was filmed for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Picture: Angela Saurine
Source: Supplied
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One of the most exciting new locations for the latest film is the
Pelorus River, at the top of New Zealand's South Island, where the scene
in which the dwarfs escape the Elvenking's halls by hiding in barrels
and floating down the Forest River was shot. During filming, tarpaulins
were erected on the bridge over the river so people couldn't see what
was happening.
Shane McKay, who runs Pelorus Eco Adventures, was not surprised the location was chosen.
"The scenery is quite dramatic and intense and the water is so clear the river is wild," he says.
McKay
offers tours down the pebbly, emerald-green river - a popular spot for
camping and swimming in summer - on inflatable kayaks. We pass over some
gentle rapids, paddle past a waterfall and stop to pick watercress
growing from rocks on the river bank, you can also drink the 10,000 year old natural spring water that drips from the mountains into the river while kayaking.
Read more here: http://www.news.com.au/national/the-hobbit-film-location-tour-new-zealand/story-e6frfkp9-1226781662442
New Zealand's hobbit-related sites
As the The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug comes out, we round-up some of the real locations used in the new film
Read more here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/australiaandpacific/newzealand/10511592/New-Zealands-hobbit-related-sites.html
Today's paper
Adventure holidays and trips for 2014: Australia and New Zealand
From exploring the rooftops of Melbourne to kayaking in the New Zealand wilderness and wild rivers, here are the best intrepid trips down under:
Kayak the Pelorus, Marlborough, New Zealand
From the relative comfort of an inflatable tandem kayak, you paddle past
dramatic waterfalls and over clear emerald pools and frothing rapids on a guided
trip down the Pelorus. The river stood in for Mirkwood in last year's The
Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. One of the trip's most memorable stops is the
setting for the "escaping in barrels" scene, and fans can add overnight forest
camping 100m from where the filming took place.
• From $165 adult $155 child for a
half-day tour. Overnight camping from £6 a night (doc.govt.nz).
+64 3 574 2212, kayak-newzealand.com
Read the whole article here: http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jan/17/adventure-holidays-and-trips-2014-australia-new-zealand
KAYAKING IN THE WILD
Set Jetting
01 Feb 2014NEW ZEALAND
There is renewed interest in Hobbiton, the Hobbit village created near Matamata, thanks to the success of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Tour operator Nomad Safaris
hops around Glenorchy (right), stopping at sites like the house of
skin-changer Beorn (the character transforms into a bear). Or kayak down Pelorus River, featured in the dwarves-in-barrels scenes. Also visit Mangaotaki Rocks – Staddle Farm and Trollshaws Forest in last year’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
Newest ‘Hobbit’ locations bring action and adventure to travellers
- 08 Jan 2014
- Written by Andrea Kitay / Story and photos / McClatchy-Tribune News Service
A snappy commuter flight to the South Island’s Marlborough region followed, and then it was a short drive to the coastal town of Havelock for a visit to Pelorus Eco Adventures kayaking. Here it’s all about nature and a slower pace as I donned a vest and lept into inflatable kayak for a half-day paddle down the Pelorus River’s placid waters to see the wild rocky outcrop where barrel-riding dwarves exit their barrels and negotiated a ride into Dale in the second Hobbit movie. This location received an enormous amount of screen time, and we stopped for a sandwich and short exploration of the rocks and surrounding beech forest before kayaking down the rest of the wild river..
Kayak the Pelorus River in the wake of barrel-bobbing dwarves.
Read more on: http://businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/en/lifestyle/life/25572-newest-hobbit-locations-bring-action-and-adventure-to-travelers
Canada Free Press
New Zealand—The Real Middle-Earth
With the upcoming December release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the breathtaking beauty of New Zealands wild river will once again be spotlighted on the big screen.
And for those inspired to take a trip to the country that brought Middle-earth to life, there are plenty of tourism activities in New Zealand related to the trilogies to thrill “Hobbit” fans and non-fans alike especially kayaking with Pelorus Eco adventures.
In the Marlborough region – located on New
Zealand’s South Island, in an area known for its fabulous sauvignon
blanc – visitors can take an awe-inspiring trip to the spot where a
scene from the upcoming movie The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was
filmed.
Pelorus Eco Adventures offers guided tours down the Pelorus
River to the location where the “dwarves in the barrels” scene was
filmed.
The three-hour trip – in tandem inflatable kayaks – explores the
crystal clear river, stops at beautiful waterfalls, and offers guests
the opportunity to check out one of the new film locations up close and
personal.
German Press:
Der Fluss Pelorus in Marlborough auf der Südinsel – Im Film: Der Waldfluss
Der Fluss Pelorus auf der Südinsel, zwischen Blenheim und Nelson, war Drehort für die Szene, in der die Zwerge vor den Elben und Orks in schwimmenden Weinfässern fliehen. Jackson ließ diese Szenen von einem hundert Meter hohen Podest filmen, die seitliche Position der Kamera ermöglichte es, die Hobbits und Zwerge bei ihrer spannenden Wasserschlacht zu filmen. Dieser viertägige Dreh war das Highlight für Schauspieler Stephen Hunter, der im Film den Zwerg Bombur spielt: „In einem Fass den Pelorus-Fluss hinunterzutreiben – das war ohne Zweifel mein tollster Tag am Set. Falls daraus mal eine Touristenattraktion gemacht wird, hätte ich gern eine Eintrittskarte, die lebenslang gültig ist!“
Besucher können die Holzfässer mit deutlich bequemeren Kajaks tauschen und auf einer der geführten Touren Zwischenstopps an Wasserfällen und Filmschauplätzen machen. Es gibt sogar die Möglichkeit, über Nacht im Wald zu zelten – nur 100 Meter vom Drehort entfernt. Weitere Informationen unter: www.kayak-newzealand.com; www.newzealand.com/travel/media/topic-index/nz-regions/marlborough.cfm.
read more here: http://www.weltreisender.net/smaugs-einoede-drehorte-17501/
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