Travel Guide of Lake Ohau in New Zealand by Influencers and Travelers

Lake Ōhau is a lake in the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island of New Zealand. The Hopkins and Dobson rivers fed into the northern end of Lake Ōhau. These rivers have their headwaters in the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana.

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Twizel

  20 km (12.7 miles) away from Lake Ohau

Twizel is the largest town in the Mackenzie District, in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand. The town was founded in 1968 to house construction workers on the Upper Waitaki Hydroelectric Scheme.

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#Ecoregion picture of Twizel near Lake Ohau

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Omarama

  30 km (18.7 miles) away from Lake Ohau

Omarama is a small town at the junction of State Highways 8 and 83, near the southern end of the Mackenzie Basin, in the South Island of New Zealand. Omarama is in the Waitaki District, in the southern Canterbury region. The Ahuriri River is a short distance to the north of the township.

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#Mountain picture of Omarama near Lake Ohau

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Lake Pukaki

  31 km (19.1 miles) away from Lake Ohau

Lake Pukaki is the largest of three roughly parallel alpine lakes running north–south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin on New Zealand's South Island. The others are Lakes Tekapo and Ohau.

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Wanaka

  42 km (26.1 miles) away from Lake Ohau

Wanaka, once called Pembroke, is a popular ski and summer resort town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. At the southern end of Lake Wānaka, it is at the start of the Clutha River and is the gateway to Mount Aspiring National Park.

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#Hill picture of Wanaka near Lake Ohau

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