Mount Cook, New Zealand

Travel Blogs from Mount Cook (159)

Our journey really begins, Mount Cook, New Zealand travel blog
Our journey really begins
Apr 15, 2007

Wow.. is all we can say so far about New Zealand! This is such a beautiful country, and the only way to see it properly is to get in a van and travel, so we are very lucky and happy that we decided to travel this way. After leaving Peel Forest, we ...

A travel blog entry by paulandciara
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glaciers and ice bergs, Mount Cook, New Zealand travel blog
glaciers and ice bergs
Jan 11, 2007

... Hooker Valley, more hanging glaciers came into view, these deeper and more intense views. The plant life was prolific, with white Mount Cook lilies, like giant buttercups, in bloom amongst the daisies and hebes. I came to a tumbling stream, which led to a ...

A travel blog entry by fyrelizard
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Madness or Eccentricity?, Geraldine, onto Mount Cook, New Zealand travel blog
Madness or Eccentricity?
May 8, 2006

... and Elaine!) After complete bafflement at this and our friends' fascination by this we moved on and drove towards the infamous Mount Cook. The weather was a bit murky at this stage but as we drove across the rugged landscape and up to Lake Tekapo- ...

A travel blog entry by emanddave
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Cloud Piercer, Mount Cook, New Zealand travel blog
Cloud Piercer
Dec 20, 2006

... the tired commentary as we passed through the Canterbury region's lowland plains the kiwi's enthusiasm for taking a dig at Australia or New Zealand's island to the left was certainly not hidden. Other than the comfy seats the hitching a lift on a ...

A travel blog entry by alasdairm
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Forum Discussions on Mount Cook (7)

South from Akaroa to Gore
Posted on Oct 2, 2009, 21:33:32
... 83 until you reach the coastal Route One again north of Oamaru the town famous for the beautifully carved stone. Artists throughout New Zealand have used Oamaru stone for exquisite work. You might get there in the evening when a colony of little blue ...
Latest report from the southern mountains
Posted on Nov 26, 2008, 23:21:22
... , which includes white-knuckle accounts of his own climbs in the South Island and the Italian Alps, Paul chats with some of New Zealand's most experienced climbers, such as Bill McLeod, Lydia Bradey and Erik Monasterio, to find out why they are drawn ...
Points of Interest in New Zealand
Posted on Aug 2, 2008, 20:28:54
... of Interest in New Zealand Everybody has an opinion but what I have tried to do is point out the places that are uniquely New Zealand. I have hundreds of other "important" places I like to point out. The biggest problem I have in creating ...
New Zealand Competition
Posted on May 18, 2008, 21:53:41
Just bought Australia & New Zealand Magazine from Smiths and they have a comp for a free holiday to New Zealand worth over £ ...

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