Twizel Hotels - Reviews and Rates

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com)
< br>The boat started up, pulled anchor and then putted further out along Milford Sound to its entrance into the Tasman Sea before turning back towards the head of the Sound and the wharf from where we’d come. Or at least that’s what I’m told. I was the last to surf...

Kurow - Twizel 82.83km, Average 15km/hr Today the road was windy, it often is, I know this for 2 reasons: * My trusty guide 'peddlers paradise' told me * I saw 3 perfectly good hats by the side of the road I decided though with 2 hats already on board and my helmet on my head I'd leave the lonely hats by the side of the road for those less well ...

The only reason for visiting Twizel (it is not much of a town) is that it is a good base to explore the area around New Zealand's highest mountain Mount Cook (over12000 feet). We were extremely lucky that the sunshine had returned when we arrived there for a three night stop after the gloom of Dunedin. It is a lovely drive from Twizel down to th...

It took about 3 hours drive to get to Mount Cook. We took a slight detour from the main road and took a more scenic route along a canal which had a couple of Salmon Farms dotted along it and natuarally Dale got out the fishing rod. To get to Mount Cook you drive alongside a huge lake called Lake Pukaki, just as spectacular as Lake Tekapo as the ...

From Christchurch we travelled south inland to Lake Tekapo, where we stayed in a campsite overlooking the beautiful lake with its mountain backdrop. The drive was spectacular, in such contrast to Australia - very mountainous and covered with green and autumny oranges. It's a bit colder though! Need more clothes. From Tekapo we went past Lake Puk...