Te Waipounamu, New Zealand’s South Island, changes someone’s perspective. Tranquil fields of grassy shrubbery, cut by glacial rivers, meet jutting peaks and mountains from mythical tales. It’s no wonder one of the most epic cinematic trilogies ever made was filmed here.
For those who don’t know, Middle-earth is the setting of The Lord of the Rings. The movies use Te Waipounamu to depict a raw, wild, and vast landscape of majestic diversity.
Middle Earth, the image, captures a peek at New Zealand. And I have to say, it doesn’t even come close to doing the landscape justice. After a week of road-tripping and camping through this unique land with a lifelong best friend and one of his closest friends from college, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of looking at these images.
See New Zealand under Places on this site for more from this trip.
