Lake Takepo

Woke up early and paced up our motorhome and headed southwest to Lake Takepo, via Fairlie. The drive was absolutely spectacular with the Mackenzie Country farms for so many kilometres and the mountains in the distance. As we headed closer to the mountains, the size and the grandeur became more obvious. There was snow on the peaks of the mountains and glaciers in the distance. We then turned a corner and the aqua-blue Lake Takepo was stunning. The colour of the water is just stunning and the different hues of greens and blues is like a painting. Taking photos as much as we could but they really don’t due the scenery justice. After checking into the Lake Takepo park, we walked up Mount John, it wasn’t a long walk but quite steep so there was a lot of bribing with lollies and treats along the way. At the top the lookout was stunning with the two lakes in view – Lake Takepo and Lake Alexandrina. The top of the mountain is the Mt John Observatory, one of the best locations to see the milky way in the world. Unfortunately, the sun isn’t setting until after 10pm at night so we decided not to book and the cloud cover is also very unpredictable. Headed back down the mountain and the kids and I treated ourselves to a swim in the Takepo Springs – several pools of various temperatures – 27, 35, 36 and 37 degrees! Our favourite was about 35 degrees but Hamish loved the aqua play pool the most. Michael was too hot for thermal springs so headed for the lake and dived in! After a couple of hours of swimming, we headed back to the motorhome, cooked up some dinner and watched the view of the lake while the kids jumped to their hearts content on the trampoline! Exhausted.Read more