Lake Rua — Local services in Christchurch

Beautiful place to take family or freinds waters always perfect in these stinking hot summer days, would recommend not taking lowerd vehicles into main car park as speed bumps along the gravel road are at quite a steep incline, conveniently there is parking available on lakes way, just a short 2min walk from car to lake, if you visit here please pick up your rubbish and take home with you as there are not many public bins , toilets/changing rooms are in good condition most of the time, overall enjoyed many o...

Nice for walking, swimming, walking your dog. Lake is split into 2 parts. 1 for jet skiing and other boat activities. No swimming allowed here. Other part is for swimming activities. Get super busy on summer days. Very nice for youth and outgoing families as well. Expect getto blasters and a lot of activity on these busy summer days. If you are into this, great. If you want a quiet place near the water better skip it on busy days. Facilities like parking and...

This is a little gem I had no idea existed! Clearly a lot of other people do because it was quite busy, but still lots of space to set up for a picnic. We spent a few hours here, our boys paddled and swam and didn't want to get out! The water has some good shallows for smaller kids and deeper water for more confident swimmers. The little platform is great fun to jump from. It also has a space set up for water games. There's another lake as well...