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Mt. Cook Village Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Mt. Cook Village, New Zealand
The highs and lows of nature in New Zealand
After the heat in Australia, it was a bit of a shock to the system to arrive in New Zealand's autumn. We hadn't experienced much less than 30 degrees for a while and we're ashamed to say it but it felt rather cold! Embarrassingly our first night ...
Mt. Cook bis Christchurch
... wieder ins Landesinnere. Hier sind einige riessige Stauseen. Am Lake Pukaki bleiben wir fuer heute mit einem wunderschoenen Blick auf den Mt. Cook, dem hoechsten Berg in ganz Australasien (3755 m oder 3764 m hoch, die sind sich hier nicht ganz einig ...
Mountains, Penguins and Swinging!
... , and where we were staying the night. We managed to drive underneath what seemed to be the only cloud in New Zealand on the way up to the village and it hovered over us for the rest of the day giving us just enough time to risk the rental car down ...
Hiking around Mt. Cook
Today I took a shuttle to see Mt. Cook, the highest mountain in southern Australasia. This time before booking the shuttle with Magic, I checked the weather at the hostel, which was predicted to be beautiful again! The bus picked us up ...
Mt Cook
It's a mountain what is called Mt Cook. The biggest in New Zealand at 3754 metres. Apparently it used to be 3764 but 10m fell off the top a few years ...
Mt Cook
... unusual places to stay on this trip, and this is no exception. Absolutely stunning location, with beautiful views all around, but Mt Cook stands out in particular The place soon warmed up when our resident fire bug Jeff had chopped up and ignited ...
Mt Cook
... , the highest mountain in New Zealand at only about 3500meters I think, it not that tall but apparently very hard to climb. The Mt Cook Village is a tiny little drab place in the valley that leads up towards Mt Cook; it was an okay place to stay and the ...
Fait divers...and the British Royal Wedding
De volta ao Stray bus. As saudades, apenas dos amigos que ficaram para trás. A NZ tem o sushi mais barato do mundo (não é cientifico ou um titulo adquirido pelo próprio país, é apenas um facto); Os melhores hambúrgueres da história dos ...
Mount Cook and Lake Pukaki
... . Cook and the Southern Alps, the landscape became really impressive, with snow and glacier covered mountains. After a quick stop at Mt. Cook village, we set of to the Hooker Valley for some trekking. The trek route here takes several hours and takes you ...
New Years Eve
This is a top pick! ... charged to stay there. I even got a free continental breakfast in the morning. I could have checked out the YHA hostel in Mt Cook Village, but hostels weren't what I was looking for. The hotel has free fruit in the nicer suites, free milk, and individual ...
Helicopter High
Today's WOW has to be our half hour trip by helicopter to see Mount Cook, New Zealand's, and Australasia's tallest peak at 3755 m. We've been told only 10% of people actually see it, but we drove up here on the most beautiful sunny day and kept ...
Stunning everywhere
The drive to Mount Cook was beautiful, the views across Lake Pukaki stunning. However, before we had even got there I had the chance to see the Moareki boulders which are quite impressive and beautiful when viewed across the beach. We took in several ...
The BIG one
... ;and named as Mount Cook after Cpt. James Cook by the first settlers. At 3755 meters its the highest peak in New Zealand and in the whole of Australasia for that matter. Luckily the weather and cloud held out and I was able to see the ...
the colds a coming
Last weekend was basically just organising things i work all week, and dont have much chance to organise things when i get home so made a list of things i needed to do and spent soem time on the internet planning university things and America plans This ...
7 Monate unterwegs
... führte. Nach Christchurch führte mich die Reise wieder ins Landesinnere Richtung Lake Tekapo und dem Mt. Cook Village. Tekapo liegt am gleichnamigen türkisfarbenen See, welcher seine leuchtende Farbe einem feinen Partikel (Steinmehl) im ...
Mt. Cook
... buses and doing relatively nothing in Christchurch, I had tons of energy as soon as I stepped off the bus around 1 in beautiful Mt. Cook Village. Once I reconfirmed that, no, the hostel still has no beds left, I hoofed it up 3 km to the campground, ...
Sir Edmund's training ground
Mt cook is famous for its amazing views and as the steep and technical mountains sir edmund hillary used to train on for his everest summit. Unfortunately our lakeside breakfast only afforded us views of clouds, but after some delibersation we decided to ...
Surrounded by glaciers and glacier water
... before long that enough of the clouds had cleared that we had a pretty decent view of the enormous Mt. Cook, the tallest of the 23 mountains in New Zealand standing at 3754 meters. The mountain is named after Captain James Cook but is probably more ...
Cloud Piercer
... drives we'd take over the next couple of weeks. When we came to the end of the road we got out and walked around Mt Cook Village. Its not at all big, just a couple of shops situated around the hotel made famous by Sir Edmund Hillary, The Hermitage, ...
Poor Planning Pays, eh Spark?
... . The tourquoise water of the lake with snowcapped peaks behind made a beautiful sight. We decided to press on to Mount Cook, the highest point in New Zealand at 3,157 meters. It's a long drive around Lake Pukaki to get there and we were the only car on ...
Mount Cook
... stop at the lookout point over Cromwell as the lake was like a mirror and had a perfect reflection of the village in it. When we eventually arrived at Mount Cook we were exhausted but were very pleased to hear that there was a free sauna at the hostel - ...
Kaikoura to Mount Cook
... but it does. We have been looking forward to this trip for a long time and now we are here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We both agree New Zealand is a stunning country and the 4.4 million people who live here are very lucky. On the downside my(Graham) cough and ...
Aloha Aoraki - Night 109
... , after weeks of being around German tourists the language is starting to come back to me. We pulled in the small Mt. Cook village slightly shy of the 10 O'clock hour. Check-in wasn't open til noon, so I stashed my bags, grabbed a map and ...
Von der Küste in die Berge
Gletscher gesehen und gehört Wunderschön unten am Berg geschlafen Über wilde Landschaft und wacklige Hängebrücken gewandert ...
Last Day in Mt. Cook - Night 111
... hour round trip, the hike was certainly worth it with two large swing bridges and an iceberg filled lake lying at the feet of New Zealand's highest peak. The downfall of this trail is the volume of people on it. Most small groups, couples and ...
Mt Cook and last few days of the South Island...
... head on our way. The drive is around two hours and takes in ever growing mountains. Soon the snow covered peaks of the mountains surrounding Mt Cook are visible and as we turn onto Lake Pukaki we are greeted with a lake the same colour as the sky and the ...
Up the Tasman Valley - Night 110
... that actually blow your mind. For starters, little to no human sounds at all, save the occasional scenic airplane flight high above Mt. Cook (and the Irish couple who was also having lunch at the hut, but they were fairly quiet). All the noise ...
Mt Cook
My legs still killing me from Ben Lonmand walk, I did the beautiful little 1:30hrs Hooker Valley. Beautiful reflections of Mt Cook in the lake at the end. The YHA at Mt Cook(not cheap at $28 a night) with its surrounds is amazing, and it is the best cup ...