Christchurch-Canterbury Campgrounds Reviews and Rates

Lake Tekapo and Twizel

Day 2, our South Island experience was finally about to start, weather forecast clear skies, perfect...
Our tight schedule didn't leave us much to time to explore Geraldine, apparently there are some good activities to do in here and it is considering a perfect weekend escape for Christchurch families.
After getting some stuff from the …

Twinkle Tekapo

Well we arrived in Lake Tekapo around 4pm....the drive was beautiful to say the least - some of the scenery was breathtaking on the drive along State Highway 8.

When we rounded the corner into Lake Tekapo we were amazed to see how blue the lake was. Tekapo is a small village on the edge of the lake with snow capped. There isn't much to do …

Stopping by the Lake...

Regrettably we decided we could not fit in driving to Milford Sound as the 8hr round-trip was just too far for our tight schedule so we decided to head northwards. Thursday evening was spent at a campsite overlooking the picturesque Lake Tekapo, a well-known stopping off point for people travelling between Christchurch and Queenstown. With very …

Aufstieg und Ausblick

Nach dem Fühstück sind wir hiken gegangen auf den Mt. John. Oben angekommen haben wir dann erst mal Kaffee getrunken, und viele Fotos gemacht. Den Rest des Tages lagen wir auf dem Rasen vor dem Hostel, bzw. am See. Abends Fish and Chips essen mit Blick auf die Church of the good Shepherd. Also insgesamt ein schöner Sommertag …

And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.....

Well I knew it had to happen at some point and it happened this morning... I woke up with my first migraine of the trip. It was a real doozy; it woke me up at 6am and I was climbing the walls in pain until gone 9am. After falling back to sleep for a few hours we both woke up at about 11:30am and Tom decided to go out on one of the walks into the …

From Queenstown to Mount Cook & Back to Tekapo

I figured that today would be just a travel day but we took a side trip to Mount Cook. Given that the ski season is almost over there were not many people there. It was amazing to see the mountain so close up. We do not have mountains like this in Australia! We sat in the cafe for a while and sipped our lattes while looking out the window at the …

Breathtaking Lake Tekapo

We waited at the lakeview motel until 10:30 for the clouds/fog to clear so we can actually see the lake and snow mountains from the room. But weather wasn't cooperating, and we had to check out. The motel owner Ban recommended us going up to Mt John Observatory since it's 300m higher and might be above the clouds.

Mt John Observatory - …

Turqoise Lake

Leaving Dunedin in the morning towards Lake tekapo. On the way we stopped in a little place to see some boulders that were on teh beach.

Lake tekapo is surrounded by the mountains and the water is turquoise. The water is turquoise from the mineals that come down from the glaciers. We arrived and were suppose to go horse trekking but the …

On the road again

So today was another indecisive start day. I was good and have gone back to camping, so I rose from my little blue tent and put everything in my little blue car, glad not to be wearing my little blue jumper because otherwise people might think I had a problem with other colours and you know no one likes to be considered to have a colour bias …

Lake Tekapo

After having breakfast, once again enjoying the beautiful view in combination with the delicious Pack & Save biscuits, we hit the East Coast to go further north and visit the Moeraki Boulders. The Boulders are an amazing phenomenon, where perfectly round stones are emerging from the cliff and fall at the beach. Scientists speculate that some …