Lake Tekapo is about three hours drive south-west of Chirstchurch in the Mackenzie Basin. The two ship faces north across the remarkable turquiose coloured lake to the mountanious drama of the Southern Alps. Lake Tekapo gets its intense milky-turquuise colour from the fine rock-flour (ground by glaciers) wich is suspended in the water. It's 83 km² and it's 700 meters over the sea