Twizel

Just 50 minutes drive south of Lake Tekapo and Mount Cook brings you to a quiet town where you wiill enjoy your holiday in Twizel. 
Originally built to house the people working on the Upper Waitaki Hydro Power Lakes scheme, Twizel holidays are now a popular destination for tourists from across the world. Surrounded by stunning mountains and lakes, including the nearby Lakes Benmore, Ohau and Ruataniwha, holidays to Twizel are ideal for enjoying the local tourist attractions. Holidays in Twizel provide an excellent base for mountain climbing and mountain biking.  Scenic helicopter flights, walks, Omarama glider flights, various water activities also await visitors on a holiday to Twizel. A Twizel holiday is most popular in the summer when the population more than trebles and holiday houses and camp grounds fill to capacity.