Wanaka Villas - Reviews and Rates

We drove up, up, up a mountain above Lake Tekapo to see the observatory at the top. Wonderful views from up there. Then we drove through more mountains to Lake Pukaki which is another glacial blue lake situated in front of the highest mountain in NZ, Mt. Cook (named after the famous Captain). We drove to Mt Cook's Village and went to the most wo...

Rose: We get the Naked Bus to sleepy Wanaka - only a couple of hours from Queenstown. We stay at Wanakapakers a great hostel on a hill overlooking the lake with tasteful decor. Dare I say it cheaper than the YHA and in this case better. The air is frosty and it's bright. There is some low hanging cloud which makes for an atmospheric view of the ...

The day of my arrival to Wanaka I got out to a little walk on the side of the lake with two Israeli girls. The mean purpose of the walk was fooling around and taking weird photos. Enjoy.

After all that hiking we wanted civilization back with cafes, ice cream etc...so Wanaka seemed like the perfect place to heal those sore muscles and drink up for New Years Eve. But who would have known that this little picturesque lake town is the preferred New Years Party destination for the South-landers 18 year olds...as soon as we arrived at...

STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON YOUR HEAD, FEET AGAINST THE WALL, A SIMPLE YOGA EXERCISE DONE BY ONE AND ALL So I am now a resident of Wanaka, and although I have an awesome house in a very central location I am still wanting to move in to somewhere with my mates, so the week started off with me and Blair and Nix viewing some houses around the town, but no...

We left Queenstown this morning and took the short drive to Arrowtown, which was built when the goldrush was in this area... the town looks at bit like Australia's Sovereign Hill, but people don;t dress up, they go about there day to day business like 'normal' people! After having a bit of brekkie we then drove to Wanaka, we went via the Crown R...

Since our last entry we had the excellent experience of waking to find the tent was now more or less floating: we camped at a great Department of Conservation (DOC) campsite by a beautiful lake and it rained heavily all night to create this excellent effect. We were none too pleased, but pretty dry considering. It's not all fun on this trip you ...

WANAKA, Jan. 15 -- When I arrived here in Wanaka last Tuesday, It took me just slightly over 24 hours before I asked the girl at the hostel's reception desk if I could extend my time here 2 extra days. By the time I leave tomorrow afternoon, I will have been here a week. And what a fabulous week it's been. One day of big tramping, and the rest o...

Hello again! After our magnificent helicopter flights over the mountains and the glaciers, we continued onward and southward to Wanaka. Wanaka is a nice laid back town and the highlight here for us was the Cinema Paradiso. The building used to be the town hall and now is a cinema with loads of character. Rather than the typical theater chairs li...