Lake Tekapo Hotels - Reviews and Rates

From Wanaka we drove for 2 hours to Lake Tekapo, which took 2 hours, passing through snow-covered mountains and a town called Twizel. We made a brief stop on the way at Lake Pukaki, which had pastel-blue coloured water. We could see across the lake to the summit of Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain. It was beautiful. We continued on, st...

Well sadly (not really that sad on any normal scale) the gale has arrived as predicted (surprising on most scale) so no cycling today. I'm quite silly, I mean I let my coat blow away but I'm not cycling in gale (again). So instead of determined cycling, tearing through kilometers, I got into hot water. Not figuratively but literally I visited th...

Twizel - Lake Tekapo 59km, 15.1km/hr I woke up early due to my excessively squeaky and very uncomfy bed. I really wanted to go and complain, to scream and rant and rave about the mouse in the TV room, the excessive cost but I new what they would say: "Where is your room key?" and then I'd have to confess "I lost it" putting me in a slightly weak...

Another long bus ride, left Queenstown *t 7:45*m *nd *rrived in L*ke Tek*po *round 12:30pm. Definitely the bus rides *re not *s enjoy*ble without my tr*vel m*te. But L*ke Tek*po is be*utiful! The most stunning blue w*ters you c*n im*gine, *nd * sweet little town. I luckily got * dorm room in the L*keside Lodge hostel, which origin*lly w*s booked...

WE departed Dunedin at 7am, stopping at Shag Point. What a little treasure! There was ************e there excepting a few freedom campers who had not yet risen and a multitude of fur seals, shags and seagulls. We observed a number of seals in close proximity to the lookout. During one close encounter, I came face-to-face with a seal and for a fe...

After a day's drive we arrived in this beautiful turquoise-coloured lake. New Zealand is like melting pot of cultures, customs and nature. They were the first country to give women the right to vote (Finland was second), they seem to have a deep love for carpets as well as fish and chips (as do the British) and people are extremely friendly (som...

Today also involved quite a bit of driving. Our first stop was the World's Steepest Street! We all got off the bus to climb up it...which was pretty cool. We also stopped and had a look at Mount Cook, which is New Zealand's highest mountain. Rachael said it had been cloudy for the past couple of weeks, but we got really lucky and had an amazing ...

LAKE TEKAPO, Feb. 1 and 2 -- Here's what the community of Lake Tekapo has: a gorgeous blue-green lake, whose color comes from glacier silt. A very photogenic stone church on the banks of the lake, The Church of the Good Shepherd, built in 1936. A bronze statue of a collie shepherd dog, honoring all of those canines who helped colonize the MacKen...

I got a lift with Gareth to Lake Tekapu today. It is beautiful here and very peaceful. I did a walk up to the observatory on top of Mt. John and then back down the long way. Stayed at the Tekapo YHA which over looks the lake and is a really relaxing hostel to stay in. Tommorrow I catch the Magic bus for the first time. Heading back to Christchur...