In Tekapo it
basically consisted of a mountain, a lake, a historic church and a
small road with a couple of shops, although we didn't even walk up to
the shops. We first went through Tekapo and stopped off at the most
visited church in the country; Church of the good Shepherd. It sat on
the lake, which was beautiful and there was loads of flowers, rocks,
and we got some lovely pictures. We stayed at a hostel out of the
main street part which was at the bottom of Mount John.
We took a
walk up Mount John which was a proper trek! At the top was an
observatory as the University of Canterbury researched the stars from
there, but also a small cafe and seating area. We sat here looking
over the lake for a good couple of hours, it was so lovely. The
longer time we spent there the lake was beginning to mirror the
landscape which was good as we still hadn't properly seen a mirrored
lake. This, I would say, was a definite must to do, as long as it's a
nice day it was nice just to chill up there for a while.
ACCOMMODATION -
This was
right on the lake and really near the tracks up Mount John. There
were hot springs down the road, but the actually shops (just one I
think) were a little further away. There was an OK size kitchen, and
a nice outside area where was nice to sit. There were quite a big
lounge space with sofas. There were only 3 showers, which I don't
think was probably enough as some people had to queue. The really
downside was the size of the room though. For 4 of us it was
ridiculous. We were in children's sized bunkbeds and there was
absolutely no floor space at all, such a shame as everything else was
pretty good.
Rating –
3.5/5
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