| Hi. Can I help you? |
| I'd like to find out if you have any excursions suitable for families. |
| Sure. |
| How about taking your family for a cruise? |
| We have a steamship that takes passengers out several times a day - |
| it's over 100 years old. |
| That sounds interesting. |
| How long is the trip? |
| About an hour and a half. |
| And don't forget to take pictures of the mountains. |
| They're all around you when you're on the boat and they look fantastic. |
| OK. |
| And I assume there's a café or something on board? |
| Sure. How old are your children? |
| Er, my daughter's fifteen and my son's seven. |
| Right. |
| Well, there are various things you can do once you've crossed the lake, to make a day of it. |
| One thing that's very popular is a visit to the Country Farm. |
| You're met off the boat by the farmer and he'll take you to the holding pens, where the sheep are kept. |
| Children love feeding them! |
| My son would love that. |
| He really likes animals. |
| Well, there's also a 40-minute trek round the farm on a horse, if he wants. |
| Do you think he'd manage it? |
| He hasn't done that before. |
| Sure. It's suitable for complete beginners. |
| Good. |
| And again, visitors are welcome to explore the farm on their own, |
| as long as they take care to close gates and so on. |
| There are some very beautiful gardens along the side of the lake which also belong to the farm - |
| they'll be just at their best now. |
| You could easily spend an hour or two there. |
| OK. Well that all sounds good. |
| And can we get lunch there? |
| You can, and it's very good, though it's not included in the basic cost. |
| You pay when you get there. |
| Right. |
| So is there anything else to do over on that side of the lake? |
| Well, what you can do is take a bike over on the ship and then go on a cycling trip. |
| There's a trail there called the Back Road - |
| you could easily spend three or four hours exploring it, |
| and the scenery's wonderful. |
| They'll give you a map when you get your ticket for the cruise - |
| there's no extra charge. |
| What's the trail like in terms of difficulty? |
| Quite challenging in places. |
| It wouldn't be suitable for your seven-year-old. |
| It needs someone who's got a bit more experience. |
| Well, my daughter loves cycling and so do I, so maybe the two of us could go, |
| and my wife and son could stay on the farm. |
| That might work out quite well. |
| But we don't have bikes here... |
| is there somewhere we could rent them? |
| Yes, there's a place here in the city. |
| It's called Ratchesons. |
| I'll just make a note of that... |
| er, how do you spell it? |
| RATCHESONS. |
| It's just by the cruise ship terminal. |
| OK. |
| You'd also need to pick up a repair kit for the bike from there to take along with you, |
| and you'd need to take along a snack and some water - |
| it'd be best to get those in the city. |
| Fine. |
| That shouldn't be a problem. |
| And I assume I can rent a helmet from the bike place? |
| Sure, you should definitely get that. |
| It's a great ride, but you want to be well prepared because it's very remote - |
| you won't see any shops round there, or anywhere to stay, |
| so you need to get back in time for the last boat. |
| Yeah. So what sort of prices are we looking at here? |
| Let's see, that'd be one adult and one child for the cruise with farm tour, |
| that's $117 |
| and an adult and a child for the cruise only so that's $214 altogether. |
| Oh, wait a minute, |
| how old did you say your daughter was? |
| Fifteen. |
| Then I'm afraid it's $267 |
| because she has to pay the adult fare, which is $75 |
| instead of the child fare which is $22. |
| Sorry about that. |
| That's OK. |