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Action and Adventure in Queenstown, New Zealand

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 Queenstown-New Zealand Action and Adventure town If you like action and adventure, the perfect place to visit is Queenstown, New Zealand. This town is located in the South island and is nestled amongst within the Remarkables mountain range. It is an extremely popular tourist destination, during both summer and winter, and offers  all types of  activities. The town sits on beautiful Lake Wakatipu, which is very large, deep and shaped like a lightning bolt. The translation of this Maori name is "hollow of the sleeping giant".  Because of its unusual shape, Lake Wakatipu has a 'tide' or "standing wave", which causes the water to rise and fall about four inches every 25 minutes or so. Maori legend links this phenomenon to the heartbeat of a huge monster named Matau, who is said to be slumbering at the bottom of the lake.   The South island is is well known for its mountain range called    Kā Tiritiri o te Moana in Maori or the Southern Alps as named by th...