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Mt. Cook Village Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Mt. Cook Village, New Zealand
Lake Ohau and Mount Cook
... with a sheet tied around you!!! Some very funny pix which you may or may not see. Very sad last morning next to Mount Cook - we gave Jen and Erin (the tour host and leader) their presents and there were many tears all around. They were the ...
Mountains, Glaciers and Lakes
... glacier and stopped for lunch. Right on cue, after lunch, the clouds lifted and we were able to see all of Mount Cook; New Zealand’s highest peak. We sat and watched for 20 minutes until the cloud moved back in and the peak was once again ...
Queenstown Flu hits Mount cook
... of that journey, but before long we were stopping in Twizel and awaiting the Cook Connection Shuttle Bus that would take us to Mt. Cook Village. As I've mentioned before, a lot of Kiwi Experience people have less time, so don't go to a lot of the extra ...
Mt. Cook
On Monday March 30th we drove in the campervan from Christchurch to Mt. Cook, through Mackenzie Country and past Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki. The glacial-carved lakes are an amazing turquoise color from the sediment in the water. The day started out ...
Rain!
... wasn't great, but I did get a good hike done. My pants were dripping afterwards; in fact, they were doing a good job at sticking to my legs :) Apparently, there really is a Mt. Cook, though with the cloud cover it was hard to ...
More ice anyone?
... valley to a lake that is fed by glaciers and has huge chunks of ice floating in it. It was really beautiful, with the impressive Mount Cook off in the distance. We had lunch by the lake and just sat for a while absorbing the peace and quiet. This is a ...
Mt. Cook
We came to Mount Cook and did the Hooker Valley track - which was extremely disappointing, what with the muddy waters and absence of a real glacier. The view was nice though and we found a very nice salmon farm on the way there ...
Come On Down The Price is Right
... of glacier as it slides thousands of feet to its final watery grave. The views here, like elsewhere, are breathtaking but with Mt Cook being the highest mountain in all of NZ and Australia...it is just that much more special. Trekked over to ...
To the mountains we go
... Mt Cook is the tallest mountian in the whole south picific and in the middle of the Southern Alps range on the south island. Mt Cook is the european name given in honor of Captain Cook, who was the first ship european captain to navigate around NZ. ...
Mount Cook or: In Sir Edmund Hillary's Footsteps
... been there. It was absolutely stunning and none of the pictures really shows the beauty of it. We then made our way to Mount Cook village and were very happy to find out that the rain had been blown away by strong wind and the sun was actually trying to ...
Is there really a Mt. Cook?
... took the Hooker Valley Hike, which was about 5 hours. We saw snow, rain and, eventually, some sunshine! The day was great--only, we never really saw Mt. Cook today, due to the clouds! I started doubting if there really was a Mt. Cook ...
Rain and clouds
So we left Bruce and Rosa and made our way to Mt. Cook. We were told that it is pretty epic and impossible to miss, if we are second guessing it, we haven't seene it yet. Postcards also suggest this. Well, I'm still waiting (10 days ...
Well; what can I say
Drove from queenstown to Mt.cook. A five hour drive extended to six due to a horrible accident witnessed by us. About 2 hours into our drive the road was blocked by fire-engines and cop cars. There was apparently an accident; bikers rammed head onto a ...
Mt. Cook
... we were hiking back to the van we heard a loud rumble behind us and looked back just in time to see an avalanche! Mt. Cook and the surrounding mountains are covered with glaciers and apparently one of them gave way. We looked back and saw the ...
Mt Cook - totally beautiful!
... winds. This trail was fantastic. It really took us into the heart of the valley with Mt Sefton and Mt Tasman on either side and Mt Cook slowly coming into view directly in front of us. We crossed a couple of swing bridges that were swinging a bit too much ...
From Rex Hunt to Edmond Hilary
... 's hard not to just constantly take photos when you're surrounded by that scenery, we just couldn't believe our eyes! Mount Cook village itself is basically just 3 hotels in the middle of all the mountains, there's not much else there really. ...
Mar 19, 2010
Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park
The plan was to keep driving down to Dunedin, then see Aoraki (Mount Cook), New Zealand's tallest mountain, on our way up the west side of the island. But looking at the map, it became clear that the highway would not let us do that. So, we had to give ...
Mt Cook
The majestic Mount Cook in the centre of the South island is surrounded by wonderful bright blue glacial rivers and lakes and was a beautiful sunny walk up to the glacier for ...
To the hut
... Hut is a high altitude station that trampers (hikers) can stay at for the night. It is at about 1800m (6000 ft) and faces Mt Cook. The hike was quite steep and took about 6 hours to get up the mountain. Although our packs were not as heavy because we ...
Fahrt nach Lake Tekapo, Mt. Cook
... Berg von NZ). Ihr seht, uns gehen langsam die Adjektive der Superlative aus ;) Heute übernachten wir im Camping beim Mt. Cook Nationalpark und freuen uns auf die Wanderung morgen. Es soll einen weiteren schönen Tag geben. Der Campingplatz ist toll ...
Aoraki Mount Cook
... the morning, just before the rain started and literally killed the view. In the afternoon, just before leaving Mount Cook village back to Wanaka, I went to a new museum they've just opened a month ago in honor of Edmund Hillary - A kiwi which was the ...
The west coast!
... to swich the reels so that we could watch smoothly... fun! This morning we got up and headed SW to the village of Mt. Cook. This village is incredibly beautiful -- made up of huge mountains and beautiful blue glacier water. We stopped and enjoyed Lake ...
Alpine Paradise
... 's egg blue lake that goes on for about 40 miles as you drive straight toward the alps and towering Mt. Cook, the highest mountain in New Zealand. (It was Sir Edmund Hillary's training mountain for Everest and technically is as difficult even though it is ...
What a View: Mt. Cook - Christchurch
... blue sky day and couldn't have had better weather for our time outside. Our accommodations for the evening was Mt. Cook Backpackers Lodge. We somehow lucked out, once again, with a four-bed dorm plus en-suite and private balcony (just ...
Sunrise on the mountain
... hut to eat brekkie and head back down the mountain. The hike down was just as hard as the way up, but the views of Mt Cook were spectacular. We were way above the clouds for the first part of the hike. As we descended into the clouds the visbility went ...
Mount Cook
... wat volgens mij niet meer is dan een stop-over voor reizigers op weg naar Mount Cook. 22-03: Van Twizel naar Mount Cook Village gereden, niet meer dan 60 km wat we, achteraf gezien, beter gelijk door hadden kunnen rijden. Een korte loop route gedaan ...
Mt Cook
... Beautiful scenery, with pukake lake that has an incredible light blue colour. The lodge we are staying at is facing the beautiful snowy Mt cook. We hike for 3 hours to reach the tip of the glacier. The lake at the top has icebergs floating in the ...