The Beauty of Lake Tekapo

Lake Tekapo is located at the heart of New Zealand's South Island. Its town faces north across the very blue coloured lake to the waves of the Southern Alps. Lake Tekapo gets its intense milky-turquoise colour from the fine rock-flour ground by glaciers. The blue colour is created as the fine rock-flour suspended in the water. The blue sky, blue lake with the snowy Southern Alps create a very beautiful scenery. So it makes Lake Tekapo one of the tourist hotspots.

Day 2 in the South Island, after collected car in Christchurch, we drove to Lake Tekapo. It took us 3 hours to be there. Drive to the State Highway, we saw the white top grey bottom snowy alps from tiny slowly become bigger when we approach it nearer. It was an enjoyable driving, wife did not feel sleepy at all as wanted to catch all the sceneries on the journey.

On the road.

Accommodation @Scenic Resort

We stayed at Lake Tekapo Scenic Resort. Got know from the net, the review is good. We chose room studio upstair as would like to get a better view for the scenery. It cost us NZD160 / night. Walked out to the private balcony, Lake Tekapo was in front of us. Really enjoyed here. 

The Lake

The Lake Tekapo Town is pretty small, only a stretch of shops for all necessaries and some residential properties. During our walk, some of the properties were unoccupied, believe they are only used for weekend getaway for rich. 

Sunset 

Well known iconic church at Lake Tekapo Town, the Church of the Good Shepard. It is a good place for photography and at night, here is a hotspot for stargazing. Tekapo is known for it's clear nights and lack of light pollution, thus making it a great stargazing destination.

More practices are needed to get nicer photo of stars. Hee...

Food @Kohan Restaurant

Kohan is well known for its salmon cuisine. The salmon come from nearby salmon farm thus fresh ingredient score the mark. In fact, the freshness of salmon attracted us to pay them visit for twice. We could taste the difference compare to Singapore. Be it in cooked or raw, the salmon is juicy and tender. As the restaurants at Lake Tekapo Town are not many and with its highly rated reviews of Kohan, it is advisable to make reservation prior to visit.

Starter

Pork Katsu

Another attraction of Kohan is the big windows. Diners can have their meals along with nice scenery as like a series of art works on wall.

Teriyaki Salmon

Salmon Bento Set

         

Our dessert - fig and green tea ice cream.