Tekapo Heights (Sth Canterbury) Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand
By sp00k and Ciotach on 17-Nov-07. Waypoint GC17G5G

Primo day for a little road trip over from chch, even managed to beat the buses. Grabbed a few caches in town then a short sharp hike up the hill and finally a (very quick) swim in the lake.Ok maybe not so short if starting from the lakefront like I did. Definitely puffed when I got to GZ. The tracks on open street maps are not so accurate so took a "shortcut" through the pines. Cache lid is a little broken on one corner but still looks watertight-ish. Signed and left some swag

Spot on coordinates and a very quick find. Glad we had a 4WD! TFTC

Easy find, great view!

I was out on a big bike ride - first thru the forest and then out in the dry open fields up to a lagoon that was dry and then back into town via this cache. Great views from up here. TFTC

Trouvaille effectue durant notre voyage en Nouvelle-Zlande. Nous avons sjourn dans les villes suivantes: Auckland, National Park, Wellington, Upper Moutere, Greymouth, Franz Joseph, Wanaka, Te Anau, Queenstown et Lake Tekapo. Nous avons crois des gens sympathiques et trs serviables. La nature est formidable. Nous avons observ des paysages magnifiques. Nous en garderons un merveilleux souvenir.La trouvaille de cette cache a agrment notre parcours. Merci **sp00k and Ciotach** d'avoir plac cette cache. Salutations de la Ville de Qubec, Qubec, Canada.=====================Find made during our trip to New Zealand. We stayed in the following cities: Auckland, National Park, Wellington, Upper Moutere, Greymouth, Franz Joseph, Wanaka, Te Anau, Queenstown and Lake Tekapo. We met friendly and very helpful people. Nature is wonderful. We observed magnificent landscapes. We will keep wonderful memories of it.The find of this cache enhanced our journey. Thank you **sp00k and Ciotach** for placing this cache.Greetings from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.Archimde & Eureka!12510

Nice walk up for a nice view. TFTC

Long walk with nice views.

Some good views but still a bit cloudy-tftc

We took the loooong way and returned the short way. Removed the soap and raro which seemed a bad mix and both will go soggy. Thanks sp00k and Ciotach

A nice quick find, after a nice walk through the trees. Thanks for placing your cache.

Ms_KR and I are on a wee cruise around Otago, starting in The North then heading to Central. Today we headed home, 0 degrees in Twizel, and fine sunny weather most of the way home.

Thanks to all CO's for publishing and maintaining their caches. .

Nice walk up the hill although i am a bit sick after the long journey.
Thanks for the cache

Snowy conditions but still findable

Fun find

Tftc

Tftc

Nice evening stroll after a cold wet morning.

Staying in Scott St, SoBad cleaned the car while Mrs SoBad finally did most of the Cowans Walkway with a side step for this cache. Cloudy but warm so she was very pleased she had taken water. Went on the the Lions Seat then down to the main road where she was collected (she had run out of water).
Thanks

Too wet for a walk up here yesterday so I decided to leave it for today when the gate was open. That made for a nice quick park and grab before heading to Christchurch. Great view too. I disturbed a skink that was lying underneath the cache. TFTC # 17,822

Container , logbook ... Going next...

TFTC
# 1966 20 November 2021 10:49

A quick find and logbook full so I added a new one

Iceman 88 was here

Enjoyed my bike ride up here

We are on holiday with our cat Coco in our motorhome. Parked up for stay and now out in Suzy exploring.
Only we could of made this adventure so much harder than we needed to. Climbed up thru trees along fence, around trees up across and then round back to the Heights.
Fantastic views from up here, very happy 79yr old Mr C. Of course we found a much quicker and easier way back.
Thanks for this cache Sp00k and Ciotach.
Ps the log book is very full.

Nicw quick find while in the area with tmann421 today
TFTC

Another good find with woolwood9 today.
Thanks for the reason to visit this area.
SL tm/ww NZ

Fun

Quick climb once I finally found an access point to the track! Cheers

Great place for a walk today.
Easy find. Thanks

Found ... Mrs McMike2012 & I were away for a long weekend of sightseeing & star-gazing down South ... this was the 5th of 18 caches for us over the weekend ... after being in the car for a while it was great to get out & stretch the legs ... nice walk from the closed, & locked, gate ... cache was easily found, completed & returned ... TN:LN:SL ... TFTC ... #1,721 for us.

Nice day for a walk with the in-laws. Easy find. Tftc

This geocacher reported that the logbook is full.

Thank you for the little fun

Tftc

Great walk with the dogs, brilliant views

Took one look at the road and left the camper near the tip. Great views away from the lake of snow capped mountains.

Quick easy find. A good walk up. TFTC

Log full needs replacing.

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Tftc beautiful view!

Heute mit apaspa in Tekapo und Umgebung eine Cacherrunde gedreht. Alle wurden leicht gefunden, auch wenn einige eine Wanderung verlangten.
Nach dem Multi nahmen wir die Abkürzung durch den Waldund gelangten rasch zum GZ. TFTC

On our 11th day in New Zealand we stayed in lovely Tekapo. Unfortunately the weather was not that good, grey skies, some wind and a little rain every now and then. Therefore we stayed near the town and just looked for some caches. It was a nice walk to this box and we could find it easily.
TFTC and greetings from Switzerland

Tftc.

Out for Mtb. Log full. Stunning views. Tftc

found all safe and secure no problem at all TFTC yet another hill climbed today

Another Hill climb to get to this one. We decided that the direct route through the trees would be the best option maybe it wasn't but we got there in the end. Tftc found with rayzr2

Great night for a post dinner caching mission. Fun walk and easy cache as a reward. Tftc.

12.30pm. Currently holidaying in a street that borders this area so went over the back fence and looked for the most likely track. Taking a direct line was not wise as matagouri or something similar grows well between the pine trees. Eventually settled on a track that zigzaged it's way up. Much easier. Cache in obvious place once at gz and quickly located. Yes, view magnificant.
Deserves a favourite point for location.
Tftc
M&P
Just Floundering

Happy to be here
Easy one with an amazing view around!

What a great day to be up on the top looking at the view. Did a swap with a very cool fantail rock. An easy find and a great reason to climb the hill

On a family touring holiday from the UK with Higster. As it is another beautiful day we decided to do a bit more exploring of the area and pick up a few caches. Enjoyed the walk up, although we were puffing a bit by the time we got to GZ. A nice quick find once we got there. Have to say this is the most picturesque refuse/treatment site we have ever seen! TFTC

Found it with Ingrid, needs logbook. Easy to find. TFTC

On a tourning holiday of New Zealand with family JK2. A lovely day again today so we came out to pick up a few caches and take in the lovely scenery, a good walk up the hill to GZ but the views made up for the effort cache soon located all in good order log book signed and cache replaced as found TFTC

Nach einer ewig langen Anreise machen wir jetzt für die nächsten 5 Wochen Neuseeland unsicher und suchen hier nach Dosen und Abenteuern. Zuerst auf der Südinsel und danach noch auf der Nordinsel. Und da wir einmal hier unten sind, gibt es auch noch nen Abstecher nach Fiji.
Heute geht es von Akaroa zum Lake Tekapo.

Zur Dose:
Am Nachmittag drehten wir noch einen kleine Runde um das Örtchen Lake Tekapo und fanden, neben Apfel- und Birnenbäumen bei denen wir uns mit den Früchten eindeckten, auch einige Dosen. Der war schnell an den Koords entdeckt.

Danke für's Legen und Herführen sagt Bison1.0.

I hired a bike and found some caches around Lake Tekapo #30. It is to windy to go to Mt. John. But I did stargazing 2 night ago. Tftc

Great find. A bit hard for some of us to get up here though! P.S. you may need a new notebook!

Enjoyed the walk up from the village. The views from up here really are amazing. Thanks for bringing us here. TFTC.

Nice walk up the hill
Thanks for the cache

Found it. Just when you thought you were to the top up again you go.
Trees are growing so views are starting to be limited.
TFTC

Using the long hours of daylight to the most. The sun had set when we begun our walk up here, the path begun more or less just outside our airbnb place.
Changing skies and fresh air on the way up.
Fast find, all in good condition here
Thanks for hiding
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The day has both clouds in the distance and clear skies making the environment look in battle. Tftc

Our group was only booked to stay here for one night sadly .....
So after dinner I decided to make the best of my short time, by searching for a few nearby caches , as I did not have a vehicle !
Walked to this one first ! Amazing views and sunset from the top !
Thanks sp00k and Ciotach !

Beautiful views from here

Found this one again after I found out a TB had been placed there. Will move it on in soon.

Good walk up hill. Lots of rabbit spotting. TFTC

I had a bit of time before meeting some ex-colleagues for coffee this morning. A nice 2km return walk.

Cheers for the cache.

Easy find. The trees are a bit obscuring the lake. Thanks

my wife found it before i could start to search it.

found quickli. nice view.

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[blue][size=1]On a holiday of a lifetime with Mr Crow (San Francisco, New Zealand and Sydney). Our last day in Tekapo and treated ourselves to a horse ride in the woods at the foot of Mount John. Highly recommended. Rest of the day spent walking in woods and playing with our pair of visiting ducks. http://izziewhizzie.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/blog-21-friday-6th-november-horses-and.html[/blue]

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We'd cleared up all the caches in Tekapo other than this one and the one on the island which we cannot get to. Quickly found on a great walk.
TFTC sp00k and Ciotach

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[blue][size=1]Our holiday of a lifetime. San Francisco, New Zealand, Sydney.
6/11 Holiday day 22, Caching day 19.
Lake Tekapo: Tekapo walk.[/size]

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Just this cache today to log visits to all accessible Tekapo caches. Great walk at the back of our accommodation.
Goodbye Tekapo.

[/blue]TFTC sp00k and Ciotach

Nice view of mt John. Thanks.

Out for a run up the hill. Wasn't sure where the trail went but ended up here. Took the TB. Great views and not a muggle in sight Tftc

Second try at this one. Tried a couple of years ago as a beginner cacher. No problems this time. Great views and a bit of snow about on the walk to the cache. Tftc

Very easy find and nice view. Tftc!

Spectacular southern alps view on this nice leg - stretcher of a walk behind Tekapo.

Hard Work to walk on the Hill.
Easy find. TFTC

Nice evening wander before the sun went down. Cheers for this

This entry was edited by abxt350 on Sunday, 15 February 2015 at 09:09:03 UTC.

Easy find, nice view, thx.

Easy find. Nice walk and we saw our first wild wallaby en route! Tftc

Quick find after good workout on the MTB. Also after find talking with a lady from France who was out on an afternoon walk . TFTC

Found it walking wit the family. Placed Trackable by the name of Waddles. Look after this guy(: TFTF

day 2 of our weekend in tekapo nice walk to start the day tftc

Nice spot! Saw some bunnies on the way. Found

An early morning walk in the fog. Made this a lot harder than it needed to be. It was so much clearer - literally - on the way back when the fog had lifted. TFTC.

We walked up from where we were staying just as the sun was sinking. A quick find. TFTC

27/04/2014 10:58:00 AM
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Anzac Weekend, and my bf had a photography course in Tekapo, and it's my mum's b day also, so decided to make a whole weekend of it!
Spend time caching together with the fam, and just having a nice weekend in Tekapo. Found 50 caches, but some very awesome ones in some beautiful scenery!!

Well... our theory was - go the most direct route... so an about 200m pine bash ended up landing us next to a path... in a place where there was something for everyone!!!
A survery mark for the brother who is studying surveying
A nice photo spot for the bf who likes taking photos
And of course a cache for the addicted me and mum!!!

Logs where the whole family went, we simply signed as 'Team Polak'.

Consec caching day # 538

TFTC!!

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Found with Hinemoana while on a trip around the South Island. Thank you for placing this cache.
TFTC

The tip was open, but we parked lower down and bush bashed our way up to find something for everyone: cache, view, survey mark! TFTC

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Took a while to find a way to get to the location due to quad bike tracks and some hut full of people at the bottom. Got to the location eventually to be greeted by a quick find, TFTC!

Lucky to find this as the dump was due to close....bit more looking and we found the walking track to the cache....of course up another steep hill! TFTC, fantastic views

Great view

Cold walk, but a nice walk.. Found it!!

An evening bike ride and picked up this cache - what an awesome view! It's a shame that there hasn't been more cachers lured up here for the view. TFTC.

Hard to reach! TFTC, really enjoyed the view

Got this one on a fantastic run in the dark through snow covered forest

We found our way to a place to park near the end of the road where a pole was visible marking the track. A short but steep walk up to the top and the view was enjoyed and the cache quickly found, thanks!

This entry was edited by edvern on Monday, 05 August 2013 at 09:25:00 UTC.

The 1st cache for the day. Wasn't too sure if the track was still closed or not as there seemed to be many ways in and not all were sign posted. View from the top well worth the short walk.

Found on a nice bike ride. Great views. TFTC