Activities Near Temuka

LAKE TEKAPO

ake Tekapo is the second-largest of three roughly parallel lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island of New Zealand.

Just 60-minute drive from Temuka

RANGITATA RAFTS

With Grade 1 to 5 white water guaranteed on every trip, all you have to decide is whether you’re up for the big ones or would rather admire them from a distance.

Just 30-minute drive from Temuka, in the shadow of the Southern Alps.

TREVOR GRIFFITHS ROSE GARDEN

pened in December 2001, the garden was established to preserve and honour the collection of old roses gathered over a lifetime by the celebrated rosarian Trevor Griffiths.

A small fountain pool and classical bronze figure forms the centerpiece. A planting plan identifies 1150 roses.

TIMARU BOTANICAL GARDEN

Only 10 minutes from Temuka. The world’s only Model T Ford railcar runs daily during the summer. Steam Train AB 699 is fully operational and runs along the two kilometres of railway track. “Yesterdays history preserved for tomorrow.” Well worth a visit. And while in Pleasant Point go across the road to Legends Café, the original home of the famous delicious Denheath Custard Square.
www.denheath.co.nz