About this property

Spacious Holiday Home in Lake Tekapo: Lakeview Cottage offers a spacious holiday home in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand. Guests enjoy a garden, terrace, and free WiFi. Comfortable Living Spaces: The property features two bedrooms, a living room, and a fully equipped kitchen. Additional amenities include a washing machine, fireplace, and balcony with lake views. Convenient Facilities: Free on-site private parking is available. Bike hire and streaming services enhance the stay. Local Attractions: Mt. Dobson is 28 mi away, and Richard Pearse Airport is 60 mi from the property. Guests can enjoy skiing and hiking in the surrounding area. Guest Favorites: Guests highly rate the lakes, scenic views, and cozy fireplace.

Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 9.8 for a two-person trip.

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Property highlights

Located in the top-rated area in Lake Tekapo, this property has an excellent location score of 9.7!

  • Free Private Parking Available On Site


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Accommodation Type
Number of guests
 
Bedroom 1
1 queen bed
Bedroom 2
1 full bed
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Guests who stayed here loved

  • Anna
    United States United States
    Bed was super comfortable, hosts were thorough, view was spectacular.
  • Dianne
    United States United States
    View of lake, porch, log cabin feel! Really nice place.
  • Vanessa
    Canada Canada
    A very cozy cottage with great view and convenient location. Marie and Peter are great host. We absolutely enjoyed our stay here.
  • Sayantanic
    India India
    Beautiful and cosy place with stunning views of the lake, contains everything that you need from a relaxed vacation - starting from cooking indoors or reading a book near the fireplace or playing games while bbqing outdoors or even an evening...
  • Autumn
    Australia Australia
    Beautiful warm clean cottage. Beautiful views and comfortable beds.
  • Kylie
    New Zealand New Zealand
    Lovely location, beautiful view. Warm and all necessities supplied. Lovely hosts.
  • Stefiy
    Australia Australia
    We absolutely loved our stay! The cottage is beautiful and close enough to town that you can easily walk there. It’s very well equipped and had everything we needed. The charming "old" style of the cottage made it feel just like home, we loved it!...
  • Valerie-anna
    Austria Austria
    Very cozy and clean, beautiful garden and lake views. Great location, short walk to restaurants and shops.
  • Dorothy
    New Zealand New Zealand
    Location is excellent and with so beautiful lake view!
  • Lim
    Malaysia Malaysia
    It was very cozy, had a good view of the lake, and amenities were sufficient.

Host Info

9.3
Host Review Score
Lakeview Cottage is an interlocking, all timber building that has an appeal of its own to many people. It is situated on the east bank of the Tekapo River, and has a great view of Lake Tekapo and the mountains that surround it. There are two bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, laundry facilities and a large lounge/dining area that looks out at the lake view. A new flat screen TV connected to Sky TV was recently installed with the Sky sport option. The house is only minutes walk to the township restaurants and shops, and also the Church of the Good Shepherd. Being in the older part of the township, it is also quiet and away from the new construction areas. We are aiming to incorporate a hunting, fishing and outdoor feel to the refurbishment that has started, and will be ongoing over the next few years. We hope the guests will like and enjoy, the homely atmosphere of this warm and inviting lake cottage.
Peter & I have been married since 1978 and have 4 grown up children who have all left the nest to pursue their own path in life. We are also currently blessed with nine beautiful grandchildren, who live in Canada, France and locally here in Fairlie. Were from a farming background but decided upon a change of lifestyle and shifted to Tekapo in 2004. We started Marie Therese B&B in 2007 in our then current home. Because of popularity and demand we purchased Mapleview Cottage in 2016, and in 2018 we purchased 8 Murray Place from our friends and neighbours. A great property, close to town and with awesome potential. We named these two buildings, Lakeview Cottage and Sunset Chalet. We thoroughly enjoyed running our accommodation options until the pandemic hit in March 2020. That hit tourism hard here and we have since sold Mapleview Cottage and Marie Therese BnB and moved to Fairlie, closer to our family. We still have and rent Lakeview Cottage and Sunset Chalet, and are looking forward to the challenge of the future and meeting more people along the way.
Lake Tekapo has become a "must do" tourist destination, and as such there are some great options for visitors to stay. We think Lakeview Cottage will have a feel to it that will make guests feel happy, rested and content to stay in, as the cottage has an atmosphere that is completely different than some of the brand new options available. Lake Tekapo has the Night Sky, Hot Pools, Ice Rink, Restaurants, walking and cycle tracks and the lake itself in the summer. as the main things to do. We are also only 1 hour drive to the Mount Cook National Park where there are numerous other activities that are also "must do" choices of leisure and activity. We love to live here and will enjoy hosting you here.
Language spoken: English

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House rules

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Check-in
From 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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Check-out
From 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
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Children & Beds

Child policies

Children of all ages are welcome.

Children 18 and above will be charged as adults at this property.

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Crib and extra bed policies

Cribs and extra beds aren't available at this property.

No age restriction
There's no age requirement for check-in
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Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.
Parties
Parties/events are not allowed
Pets
Pets are not allowed.

The fine print

Must-know information for guests at this property

This property does not accommodate bachelor(ette) or similar parties.