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However, Blue Lake, as it’s known to visitors who hike within the mountains of Nelson Lakes National Park in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, is under severe threat of losing its purity.
In New Zealand’s Nelson Lakes National Park, about 1,200 meters (4,000 feet) above sea level and a two-day hike from nearest civilization, lies Rotomairewhenua, or Blue Lake. Janet Newell ...
Explore. Abel Tasman National Park may be New Zealand’s smallest (87 square miles), but it’s one of the most popular. Fringing the coastline, it offers an explosion of color—gold sand, jade ...
In New Zealand’s Nelson Lakes National Park, about 1,200 meters (4,000 feet) above sea level and a two-day hike from nearest civilization, lies Rotomairewhenua, or Blue Lake. (CNN/Janet Newel ...