Lake Manapouri

A Back Blip from my trip down south

After a nights stay in Invercargill we headed along the scenic route to Te Anau where we will stay one night before heading to Queenstown.


Lake Manapouri is located in the South Island of New Zealand. The lake is situated within the Fiordland National Park and the wider region of Te Wahipounamu South West New Zealand World Heritage Area.

Lake Manapouri is renowned as a catalyst for environmental consciousness amongst New Zealanders as plans to flood the lake for power generation became evident in the 1950's. Lake Manapouri was subsequently ‘saved’ with the power station at West Arm now operating under strict controls.

Originally called Roto-au (the rainy lake) by early Maori and then Moturau (many islands), this lake is the second deepest in New Zealand with a circumference of 170 kilometres and deepest point of 444 metres.
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