Travel Tips and Stories of Canterbury in New Zealand
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Travel guide of Canterbury
Find inspiration with pictures, tips and stories of Canterbury from travelers sharing their experiences
Book your trip to Canterbury and remunerate who inspired you
Travel guide of Canterbury
Driving the South Island of New Zealand. You can’t make this stuff up. The amazing things come up at every twist and turn. Its amazing you make it to your next destination bc of all the photo stops!
Experienced by Ardiss Hutaff
31 km from Canterbury
A long, bumpy dirt road keeps a few perfect islands from being too popular in New Zealand. The neatly forested islands look straight out of fantasy.
53 km from Canterbury
One of the most picturesque locations in New Zealand, Lake Tekapo rests peacefully next to the township of Tekapo. The hill on the other side of the lake is the site of the Mount John observatory, an observatory with almost unparalleled views of the stars in the dark sky reserve above.
62 km from Canterbury
My friend who is a Pilot for Air Safaris in my hometown, Lake Tekapo - New Zealand, asked if I wanted to join her on a flight as she had a spare seat. Of course I could not say no, as surrounding Lake Tekapo are beautiful mountains and stunning scenery!
Experienced by Jordan Heath
62 km from Canterbury
My friend who is a Pilot for Air Safaris in my hometown, Lake Tekapo - New Zealand, asked if I wanted to join her on a flight as she had a spare seat. Of course I could not say no, as surrounding Lake Tekapo are beautiful mountains and stunning scenery!
Experienced by Jordan Heath
62 km from Canterbury
My friend who is a Pilot for Air Safaris in my hometown, Lake Tekapo - New Zealand, asked if I wanted to join her on a flight as she had a spare seat. Of course I could not say no, as surrounding Lake Tekapo are beautiful mountains and stunning scenery!
Experienced by Jordan Heath
75 km from Canterbury
We woke early to watch the sun tear apart the clouds around Mt Aoraki (Mt Cook), revealing its monolithic self, and the peaks of its surrounding children.
75 km from Canterbury
This was taken in the evening at Hooker Lake where i was alone in the dark apart from a few large possums. I used a long exposure but due to the wind, some of the icebergs shifted and so are slightly blurry in this image. littleleafcreative.com
Experienced by Kerensa Pickett
75 km from Canterbury
Flying along with Mount Cook Ski Planes & Helicopters on a trip to New Zealand. Took this photo out the window of their Pilatus Porter PC-6 Airplane.
Experienced by Dan Burt
75 km from Canterbury
The Kea is the only alpine parrot in the world! I took this image in New Zealand at Mueller Hut, over looking the great Aoraki National Park. Mt Sefton in the background.
80 km from Canterbury
Adventuring our way around New Zealand in our motorhome, we came across a small town Whataroa. Just out of that town is this wonderful overpass with glacier water flowing below from the surrounding mountains. With the perfect moody conditions we could not pass up the opportunity to get out and fly (even though it was slightly raining). Our drone/s lasted the quick fly and the shots came out better than anticipated, we hope you enjoy just as much!
84 km from Canterbury
The wonder of The Hooker Glacier and glacial lake and the fret of Mt Cook, NZ. In winter the lake is iced over and some adventurous souls walk out onto it, not me though I’d rather view from afar.
Experienced by Jordan Heath
84 km from Canterbury
I really like that sharp mountain v. smooth clouds look. I remember thinking that the slope of the clouds almost matched the mountain range when I snapped it.
84 km from Canterbury
At Offcut, we’re lucky to call New Zealand home. This stunning country of big mountains and beautiful coastline is both our HQ and our playground. It’s right here that we make our limited range of lifetime guaranteed hats from fabric destined for landfill and plant a tree with every hat sold. Join us on the adventure!
84 km from Canterbury
Watching this sunset was one of the best experiences of my life - we did the Mt Cook walk in the late evening hoping to get Mt Cook for sunset. It was raining all day and all afternoon, but we set out anyway not expecting to even be able to see it. The clouds started to clear just as the sun moved behind the mountain ranges and was almost totally clear while the pinks were out. So glad that we made the decision to go anyway, mother nature had our back.
84 km from Canterbury
Blizzard passing by, the entire Mt Cook region was covered in snow - seconds later the sun came through and cleared our path way back to our van
84 km from Canterbury
On our 3.5 hour drive to Mt Cook, we were surrounded by rain clouds and fog with poor visibility. We considered many times to turn around rather than waste the time driving there if we weren’t going to see anything - we had heard it was unseeable when the weather gets bad, but this was our last day in New Zealand if we were going to see it. We decided to persevere and kept driving, keeping faith that it would clear up. Only within the last 2kms of driving, it did, the sun came out the clouds cleared. It was so worth it. What a mountain. Always keep the faith.
84 km from Canterbury
Captured are the great Southern Alps in Mt Cook National Park, NZ. My friend is a pilot and took me on a flight around the Alps. The scenery is stunning!
Experienced by Jordan Heath
84 km from Canterbury
The great Southern Alps of Mt Cook National Park, New Zealand. My friend is a pilot and flew me around the alps on a beautiful sunny day. The scenery was absolutely stunning!
Experienced by Jordan Heath
84 km from Canterbury
As you round the bend of the final obscuring mountain, Mount Cook (the highest mountain in New Zealand) looms in the distance amidst the snow-covered peaks of the surrounding ranges. An absolutely spectacular, scenic trip.