Lake Tekapo Motels & Holiday Park

Christchurch & Canterbury


With a prime position right on the lakefront, this sprawling complex has something for everyone. Backpackers get the cosy, log-cabin lodge, while others can enjoy cute Kiwi bachs, basic cabins, glamping tents or smart en suite units with particularly good views. Campervaners and campers are spoilt for choice, and share the sparkling amenities block.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Christchurch & Canterbury attractions

1. Church of the Good Shepherd

1.15 MILES

The picture window behind the altar of this pretty stone church (built in 1935) gives worshippers a distractingly divine view of the lake and mountains;…

2. Fairlie Heritage Museum

19.23 MILES

A somewhat dusty window on to rural NZ of old, this museum endears with its farm machinery, model aeroplanes, dodgy dioramas and eclectic ephemera…

3. Ngāi Tahu Lake Pukaki Centre

20.71 MILES

Opened in 2019, the Ngāi Tahu Lake Pukaki Centre presents the historical, geological and Māori cultural background of the lake and the region. Don't miss…

5. Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre

25.92 MILES

This multimedia museum opened just three weeks before the 2008 death of the man regarded by many as the greatest New Zealander of all time, explorer and…

6. Tasman Glacier

26.9 MILES

At 27km long and up to 4km wide, the Tasman is the largest of NZ's glaciers, but it's melting fast, losing hundreds of metres of length each year. It is…