Lake Tekapo Staying at "Peppers Bluewater Resort"

Lake Tekapo is a beautiful glacial lake and small village located in the Mackenzie Basin, in the central part of New Zealand's South Island. It is renowned worldwide for its milky-blue waters and as one of the best places on Earth for stargazing.

Peppers Bluewater Resort

Lake Tekapo & Dark Sky Reserve

Lake Tekapo and the surrounding district were designated in 2012 as the Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve. 

The area is the largest dark-sky reserve in the southern hemisphere. 

The night skies in the area of the reserve are almost completely free of light pollution and ideal for star-gazing.

Kappa-buchi Pool & Meganebashi Bridge

Kappa-buchi or Kappa Pool, with its gently flowing waters, is shrouded in dense, lush vegetation.

One could easily imagine a Kappa appearing at any moment at Kappa-buchi.

Along the banks of the pool stand two Kappa statues and a small shrine dedicated to a "deity of lactation"; it is said that if a woman with a child prays here for an abundant supply of breast milk, her wish will be granted.