Wanaka Motels - Reviews and Rates

Before reaching Wanaka we have an overnight stop at Makarora. Inger, Caroline, Sanne and I go for a walk along the river when we get there... what a great breath of fresh air! It feels fantastic and looks stunning once again!... The next day we are on the road to Wanaka, driving beside Wanaka and Hawea lakes is awesome... We are blessed with gor...

25th March 2009 On the move again today to Wanaka, leaving the hostel at 7.30am to try and catch the perfect mirror reflection of Mount Cook on Lake Matheson, near the town of Fox Glacier, unfortunately however it was rather cloudy so the mirror reflection was not all the great. From the lake we pass the township of Haast and head into the mount...

05-03: Naar Wanaka gereden, onderweg gestopt bij een waterval en daarna bij Lake Wanaka en Lake Hawea. 06-03: Niet veel gedaan vandaag. We zijn bij Puzzling World geweest wat eigenlijk de "main" attractie is van Wanaka. Op zich wel een leuk idee, ze hebben enkele kamers waar je verschillende thema's kan zien. Hologrammen en gezichtsbedrog spelen...

What a fab drive, yes Mable did it again. Mac was in heaven it was just like the Scottish Highlands. All was going so well until they stopped at the Blue Pool.... SANDFLIES!!!! they are like pikies at a boot fair. (Yes I can say this, I am not employed in an overly PC controlled job anymore) You can't outrun them and once they are in the car you...

We start by having an entertaining conversation with Claire on Skype. She leaves tomorrow morning (this evening for us) to fly to New Zealand. We can't wait to see her although we won't meet up until the 19th or 20th. She sounds well sorted and we know that she will enjoy the adventure. The weather is much better than yesterday. Bill Hamilton, a...

Seeing as how I've been settled in Wanaka now for almost 2 months I thought I should contribute to my blog again! Unfortunately not a whole lot of exciting stuff has been going on for me. I've mainly been working and trying to make back some of the money that I've spent while wandering throughout this beautiful country for the last 8 months! I w...

Greetings and salutations! Well, I'm back to Wanaka at last and in order to catch you all up on the last 3 weeks I'll break it down into a couple blogs to spare you all from going cross-eyed! Leaving the North Island was a bit sad since I knew I'd be heading toward some cold weather. But I was quite surprised to come across warm and sunny weathe...

Le jour se lève plein de promesses avec un temps magnifique, un ciel clair et un soleil radieux. Sans compter que nous sommes maintenant armés de citronelle 100% biologique pour repousser ces vicieuses sandflies sans pour autant nous intoxiquer jusqu'à la moëlle. La voiture sent bon la vaisselle juste faite. Notre première étape est Fox-Glacier ...

After a wonderful, crazy time in Queenstown I decided that I needed to relax. Wanaka was the perfect place to unwind. It is a small lake community surrounded by mountains. It has all of the necessities (bars, restaurants, a big grocery, etc.). I stayed at the Purple Cow Backpackers which reminded me of a big ski resort. It had a huge porch with ...

Hey everone, Here are some pics of me and some friends in Wanaka skiing and snowboarding about 2 and 1/2 weeks ago. We went one day to a place called Treble Cone and another day to Cardrona. I don't have very many pics from the first day b/c we were in the clouds and you couldn't see much, which made skiing a little difficult. The day at Cardron...