So from Motueka (skydiving and park location) we drive 9 hours south to Tekapo to break up our trip to Queenstown (which would have been a 13 hour drive...). It's funny because no one ever really hears about Tekapo because it's not a tourist attraction. Even some New Zealanders don't have a clue where Tekapo is. I just saw a picture once and decided I needed to stop there so we did. This is Lake Tekapo at sunset:
And this is the common room of the hostel we stayed at...
The night we got there we spent a few hours in some hot springs that overlooked the mountains. In the morning I got up to get a glass of water (around 7am) and planned on going back to sleep, but I saw this amazing sunrise so i had to grab my camera and run outside. I actually ended up just sitting outside on the beach watching the sunrise. I was the only one outside and it was really peaceful. This is Tekapo at sunrise (And yes, these photos are all real and un-filtered. It really looked like this!)
After breakfast we decided to try and find a nice little walk around the lake. A guy we met at the hostel we were staying at told us about this nice hike up a small mountain where there's a cafe at the top. So we decided to do that. Little did we know this actually was a HUUGE hike that offered amazing views you can't see from anywhere besides King John mountain.
Yes the lake is really that blue!
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