(This is part of a trip report to NZ/AU where I used 125,000 AA miles and $131 to fly business class on Qantas to NZ and back with Hawaiian Airlines, with a stop in Honolulu.)
After flying Air New Zealand from Wellington to Christchurch, we picked up our hot pink rental car (more on that in a later post) and headed to Lake Tekapo, about a three hour drive. Here are some photos, taken that evening and the next morning.
An old rock church sits right on the edge of the lake, surrounded by lupines!
Our wonderful three bedroom alpine “cottage” in Lake Tekapo…
To save time and money, we would stock up at a grocery store, buy breakfast and snack foods, and eat out about once a day.
Although I didn’t get a photo, we even had a laundry room, and TWO bathrooms!
Driving the next day to Queenstown, there were LOTS of photo stops!
Lupines + sheep dotting a green field = pure bliss…
Lake Pukaki…
The Kawarau River approaching Queenstown…
Guess you can tell I love lupines after reading this post?! Next up the Dart River Cruise…