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Canterbury · New Zealand
In the destination Aoraki / Mount Cook and Tekapo.
In the photo: Tekapo and the lake shore
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Tekapo (Takapō) is a village of about 600 people on the shore of the lake of the same name, on the Mackenzie Plateau. The Church of the Good Shepherd, built in 1935, and the shepherd dog statue sit on the shore, with the turquoise-blue lake and the Alps in the background. Above the village, Mount John has an observatory, and the area is an international dark-sky reserve.
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The local experience
Small stone church built in 1935 on the shore of Lake Tekapo, the first on the Mackenzie Plateau. The altar window frames the lake and mountains. Beside it stands the bronze shepherd dog statue.
Hill north of Tekapo village with the University of Canterbury observatory and 360‑degree views of the lake, the Mackenzie Plateau and the Southern Alps. Accessible by road or by trail.
A glacial lake on the Mackenzie Plateau, with a milky‑blue colour caused by glacial flour. The shores have trails, pebble beaches and, in late spring, flowering lupins.
