Natural features

Lake Tekapo and the Church of the Good Shepherd

New Zealand Canterbury

Lake Tekapo and the Church of the Good Shepherd
Photo: russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A turquoise glacial lake with a small stone church on its shore, beautiful at night under the stars of the Dark Sky Reserve, and covered in lupins in November and December.


The Mount John Observatory runs stargazing tours. Tekapo Springs has hot pools.

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