Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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A maximum of 4 people per booking
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Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Become our Lokal Curator
Are you ready to turn your hobbies into a business?
Journey with us into wild and remote Skippers Canyon. We'll take you on a photographic adventure into some of New Zealand's most spectacular and majestic landscapes and a ride through a window into our colourful gold mining past.
This tour is perfect for photography enthusiasts, from beginners to the more advanced. Your guide will bring alive the history and the stories of this rugged region.
Includes take home guide to camera settings and guide to composing great photos.
Whatever your level of proficiency they help you find inspirational vantage points and subjects and then work with you, giving you compositional tips and tricks, showing you the camera settings you need to compose amaz...
Highlights
5 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
5 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Creative and technical guidance
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bottled water
Transport by comfortable AWD
Tea, coffee and cookies
Take Home Guides to Photography
Live commentary on board
Local driver/guide/photographer
SD card (available to purchase)
Camera (Nikon D5100, D5600, or D7200 available to rent) $25 NZD Per Day
Journey with us into wild and remote Skippers Canyon. We'll take you on a photographic adventure into some of New Zealand's most spectacular and majestic landscapes and a ride through a window into our colourful gold mining past.
This tour is perfect for photography enthusiasts, from beginners to the more advanced. Your guide will bring alive the history and the stories of this rugged region.
Includes take home guide to camera settings and guide to composing great photos.
Whatever your level of proficiency they help you find inspirational vantage points and subjects and then work with you, giving you compositional tips and tricks, showing you the camera settings you need to compose amaz...
Highlights
5 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
5 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Creative and technical guidance
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Bottled water
Transport by comfortable AWD
Tea, coffee and cookies
Take Home Guides to Photography
Live commentary on board
Local driver/guide/photographer
SD card (available to purchase)
Camera (Nikon D5100, D5600, or D7200 available to rent) $25 NZD Per Day
Itinerary
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Skippers Road
From your accommodation, a short drive takes us from the bustle of Queenstown through rolling rural countryside to Skippers Saddle. This is the beginning of a 22km dirt road, hewn over a hundred and thirty years ago through mountains and backcountry to reach the rich gold deposits of the Shotover River. The one-lane road winds above precipitous valleys, past fantastic, sculptural landmarks and mountain vistas to reach the crystal blue Shotover River winding through a spectacular ravine.
Encounter aptly named waypoints like Hell's Gate, Bus Scratch Corner and Pincher's Bluff. Around every corner, awe-inspiring features such as Gorilla Rock, the Lighthouse and Castle Rock. Every bend in the road bringing a view of distant ranges and snow-capped peaks.
Your guide is an award-winning local landscape photographer who knows this road intimately in all its moods. You'll be guided in techniques of composition and camera use to create images that capture the beauty and majesty as you see it.
