Lake Pukaki

Canterbury Region · New Zealand

Lake Pukaki, New Zealand
Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
November to April
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limited
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A large glacial lake in the Mackenzie Basin whose intense milky-blue colour comes from fine rock flour suspended in meltwater. It offers long views up the valley to Aoraki / Mount Cook.

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