While The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe leaned heavily on New Zealand’s South Island, Prince Caspian used it as a supporting player. The Catlins region, with its rugged coastline and ancient forests, stood in for the Great Woods. If you squint, you can almost see centaurs galloping through the ferns.
Practical tip: The Catlins are a quiet detour from the typical tourist trail. Pack a rain jacket—the weather changes faster than Edmund’s loyalties in the first movie. And bring binoculars for the yellow-eyed penguins that waddle along the shore, arguably cuter than any Narnian creature.
