Arcadia Station

 

PHOTO: SUPPLIED The view from Arcadia Station looking up the Dart Valley, with Mt Nox towering above to the left and Mt Chaos in the background.

Sir Ian McKellen described it as his favourite place on earth – now Arcadia Station near Queenstown is for sale, priced in a range of $15-20 million.

And if Gandalf does not buy his preferred paradise of Middle Earth, other famous names could be lining up for it.

According to Ray White real estate agent Bas Smith, energy drink company Red Bull and film director Sir Peter Jackson have in the past expressed interest in the property.

“There were hundreds of shoots for Lord of the Rings done in the area over four years. Sir Ian just loved that end of the lake.”

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