Giki
South Island ▷ Mount Cook - MacKenzie ▷ Twizel ▷
3.5/5
Park area is fairly plain but lots of space.
Hard to find a flat area in the dark. Lovely lake view. No facilities so self contained only. App was not current on how full it was. We visited in July and app said it was 93% full. It was more like 2% full.
South Island ▷ Queenstown Region ▷ Kingston ▷
4.0/5
Nice little spot.
Stunning scenery. Best to come a bit earlier to get flat areas. In saying that, we stayed in July and there were plenty of 'nearly' flat areas. The pebble beach is a nice walk with small boulders that I assume were once smoothed by glacier ice. Toilets are nice and new but are long-drop so expect the smell. Clearly not a current update for how full it was. It was nowhere near as full as the app said!