We had some good continental breakfast at Shakespeare B&B,met Ray and told him how much we loved the drive to Milford Sound and the cruise,met James(baby)for the last time before we left,also met the old couple from Netherlands in the breakfast room.We left at around 10~10:30.We reached Queenstown at around 12:00pm.Saunil had a couple of surprises planned for me here and I simply couldn’t wait,was so excited!!!The first one was our hotel room and the beautiful view from our room…simply gorgeous.It was room 405 at Hotel Rydges right in the middle of Queenstown downtown facing the beautiful Wakatipu lake and the snow clad mountains,green plains surrounding the lake.Hotel Rydeges is one of the prestigious hotel in New Zealand and I simply loved the room,its location.After spending some time admiring the room we headed to grab a bite,were very hungry.
On our way we saw this place really crowded,it was a burger place Ferburger.There were lot of food options in Queenstown so looked up the Lonely Planet book to suggest few good options and guess what it told us that the burger place we just passed by is one of the best burger joints in the whole of NZ.We decided to have our lunch here and ordered two veggie burgers,one with the chickpeas pattie and the other one with tofu.I love to order drinks whenever I go out to eat so ordered an iced coffee.Frankly speaking,we did not expect anything special from the burger…but we were in for a pleasant surprise..both the burgers were too good….yummy…very big but we didn’t mind tat at all..one of the best burgers we have ever had..and as an icing on the cake,the iced coffee was delicious too..too good!!!We were happy with the good start at Queenstown,went around the shops and the streets for a while then went ahead to book the Jet boat ride( It cost $109 per person).Queenstown is known as the adrenaline capital of the world so definitely wanted to experience some adventure ride.We decided to take the shotover jet boat ride because its one of its kind…found only in Queenstown.The jet boat ride is a fast,speed boat ride spinning,crashing almost through the rocks of the canyon through the shotover river.The shotover river has its history associated with finding lot of gold in it.We both were damn excited about taking our first adventure ride in NZ.I was getting goose bumps,curious as to what’s it going to be like.Saunil was trying his level best to calm me down.. thanks for that,hubby!!
They took us in a bus to the bank of the shotover river along the canyons,gave us some instructions,we put on our life jackets..and there we were!!all set for the half an hour ride at 4:00pm.There were 3 more couples with us.Its difficult to put the whole ride experience in words but to simply put it..it was mindblowing!!The best thrilling moments were when our instructor used to take us for a 360 degree spin after his special indication,take us so close to the rocks at a speed of 80km/hr~ 45m/hr.One of the special features of this jet boat is it can go through shallow water too and works very similar to the jet nozzle for spraying water in gardens.We loved the ride and I convinced Saunil to buy the pics tat they clicked for us for $40..not a small amt but worth it for once in a lifetime experience.We came back to the harbor,had a choclate fudge brownie dessert at Panaroma,a famous dessert place to celebrate our successful adventure trip.
It felt as if we had done so much in the day but guess there was still more to come.My hubby had planned a cool surprise for me,a very romantic one I should say.We drove to the outskirts of Queenstown at a place called Onsen Hot pool and spa.Saunil had booked the Hot pool for an hour.The hot pool is located in a private room overlooking the beautiful valley,mountains,plains with lots of beautiful purple lupins,shotover river.The cool part is once u r in the hotpool you can open the window and the roof and then its just u surrounded with the beautiful scenery around.To top it off,Saunil had asked for candles to be put around in the room,simply gorgeous.It was so romantic!!!Also very relaxing,a perfect way to end an active,adventurous,fun-filled day.Thank you hubby for one of the very romantic and memorable experiences of our honeymoon.
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