Mt Cook National Park, land and water into the tour, explore the fantasy glacier fairyland

27 mountain more than 3050 meters in New Zealand, 22 are in the Mt Cook National Park. One of the highest is the spectacular Cook mountain, which is as high as 3755 meters, is the highest peak in Oceania, Maori called it "Aoraki", meaning "wear the mountain". The Mt Cook National Park has 19 peaks with a height of more than 3000 meters, including the highest peak of New Zealand - Cook Hill, also known as the Olaji Mountain. The park is also part of the World Natural Heritage Site in Tivati ​​Pummer to the South West and has a recognized value of conservation.

One third of the Cook Mountain National Park perennial snow or ice. Here you can experience New Zealand's largest glacier - Tasman Glacier at close range. Take a bus to the beautiful Tasman Valley, the tour guide will lead you to walk half an hour to reach the end of the Tasman glacier lake. Here to board the boat to explore this perennial dotted with small icebergs and endless iceberg lake. Boat close to these small iceberg, touch the glacier it!

There is also a way to enjoy the magnificent view of Mount Cook - take a helicopter overlooking this magnificent natural beauty from the air. Here are some of the professional operations of the air sightseeing company, led you from the foot of the mountain Mount Glentanner Park take off, you can recently from the height to enjoy the Mount Cook, enjoy exploring the center of Mt Cook National Park. Professional pilots will share your knowledge of the area with you.

When you enter the Tasman Valley, see the mountain scenery, mountain fog in the sunlight under the formation of a charming light band. The bus can not get into, and can only walk in the valley, and then change the motorboat.

Want a close observation of the Cook Snow Mountain, there is a way to go to the Hooker Valley Walkway, turn left at Hooker Valley Rd, to the Hooker Valley camp, where is the Hooker Valley Trail and Cook Snow Mountain climbing At the beginning, there are tourists rest. After we parked the car, we started the valley walk. Hooker Valley track is about nine kilometers long and is about 3-4 hours back and forth. It is the most famous trail of the Cook Mountain National Park, along the way to the mountains and the surrounding peaks, accompanied by spring and summer, green alpine grass Alpine memorial is a great base overlooking the valley, close to Mueller Glacier, and you can enjoy spectacular views of the mountains and ice water. In addition, overlooking the suspension bridge on the Hook River, It is also one of the fun of this trip. The end of the valley is the Terminal Lake), most of the tourists arrived in the blue glacier lake after the original turn back, there are twists and turns ahead of the road leading to Hooker Hut), but for safety reasons, must be guided counterparts Of the team, can continue to move forward.

Hook walk along the river, a total of three sling bridge, each bridge can only line 20 people. About 5 minutes from the starting point is Alpine memorial, it is used to commemorate the climbing Cook snow mountain when the mountain climbers.

Back to the camp, a little rest, all the way to the Queenstown, the road scenery is also very good oh. But the mountain more, especially after Cromwell, is hovering the mountain, open my hand straight sweating, so by car friends after this passage, we must be careful to drive Oh. Fairly good, from Cromwell to Queenstown, the distance is not long, half an hour or so.


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