LAND OF LAKES

New Zealand is a country of lakes. In fact, there are 3, 820 of them. To put this into perspective, the British mainland is roughly the same size as New Zealand but it has only 387 lakes, a staggering difference in numbers!

SOUTHERN LAKES ATTRACTIONS

The glacier created southern lakes are internationally renowned for their spectacular settings and a number have their own special attractions. Lake Wakatipu is home to Queenstown, one of the world’s top alpine resorts.  It is also known for the iconic old steamer, TSS Earnslaw which has been sailing on the lake for 105 years. (I have talked about this vessel in an earlier blog). read more