Lake Tekapo

Population 558 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Visas and entry What your passport needs for New Zealand
Daylight 8 h 55 in Jun, dark by 17:05 · 15 h 27 in Dec
  1. January: 15 h 07 of daylight
  2. February: 13 h 52 of daylight
  3. March: 12 h 28 of daylight
  4. April: 10 h 55 of daylight
  5. May: 9 h 38 of daylight
  6. June: 8 h 55 of daylight
  7. July: 9 h 11 of daylight
  8. August: 10 h 16 of daylight
  9. September: 11 h 44 of daylight
  10. October: 13 h 14 of daylight
  11. November: 14 h 40 of daylight
  12. December: 15 h 27 of daylight
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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Somewhere to run

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