Lake Tekapo

We booked tickets to Lake Tekapo Springs and were really looking forward to soak in the hot water. Just if you‘re used to Central European springs you might be quite disappointed. There are no indoor relaxing area or outdoors (outdoor was chilly and windy anyway). This means you soak in the hot water until you’re wrinkled. Lockers needed to be rent. Just only the kids area is cute, as they have fountains. In total it was quite nice for 1,5hrs. But nothing were you would stay for a day.

Lake Tekapo‘s also famous for its lupin fields. Of course we wanted to take family pics there. But first playground... we needed sth to bribe the big one 😂 And if you have a photographer hubby it‘s not making thing‘s easier. You need the right light, the perfect surrounding and somehow the right clothes (no bright colors, depending on the background the right pattern etc )🙈

Some time later we realized it was far too late to head back to cook our own dinner and went straight to the first restaurant, which happened to be the sky dinner. Food was surprisingly good and they had a kids play area, too! The view was stunning and after dinner we could have done a star gazing tour, but skipped. Lake Taupo area is also a dark sky reserve. An area, which is perfect for star gazing.Read more