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Travel stories from Mount Cook

Collection of 10 travel stories from Mount Cook, New Zealand. Written by your friends on the road.

Traveler Laura85

Mount Cook
2008-04-07, Mount Cook, New Zealand. By: Laura85

We decided to stop over one night at Mount Cook on our way to Queenstown from Christchurch. It was our first long drive in the campervan and it was very pleasant. The views were quite amazing, its w...

 
Picture from story Mt Cook - Tasman Glacier landing

Mt Cook - Tasman Glacier landing
2007-12-13, Mount Cook, New Zealand. By: hamsouth

We all went on a scenic flight of Mt Cook (the highest mountain in New Zealand) and landed on the Tasman Glacier which happens to be the largest glacier in the world. It was a 50 minute flight The ...

 
Picture from story Lake Tekapo and Mount Cook

Lake Tekapo and Mount Cook
2007-05-30, Mount Cook, New Zealand. By: cmciver

We left Christchurch on the 29th of May and after yet more scenic driving arrived at Lake Tekapo. The lake itself was huge and a lovely blue colour surrounded by towering mountains around its edge. We...

 
Traveler AnitaS

Rocks. Dust. Beauty.
2007-01-05, Mount Cook, New Zealand. By: AnitaS

We drove to the Mt Cook Township, if you can call it a town, perhaps more a village. On the agenda was to do a 3 hour walk of the Hooker Valley – which would take us closer to Mt Cook. It was very d...

 
Picture from story Blue Lakes and Snow Capped Mountains

Blue Lakes and Snow Capped Mountains
2007-01-04, Mount Cook, New Zealand. By: AnitaS

Before we came to NZ, people had told us that it is a beautiful place that is very similar to Tasmania and that we will be blown away with its beauty. We were a little worried – because Tassie is so b...

 
Picture from story Glacier gliding

Glacier gliding
2007-01-16, Mount Cook, New Zealand. By: gemandyoz

Our one year of travelling anniversary and we headed throught yet more stunning scenery towards Mount Cook. To celebrate we took a ski plane from Mount Cook village and landed on top of the glacier wh...

 
Picture from story Mount Cook was Soooper

Mount Cook was Soooper
2006-11-18, Mount Cook, New Zealand. By: jrosepark

This weekend we camped in Mount Cook National Park...about a 4 1/2 hour drive from Oxford. Once we got there we set up camp with a beautiful view of the mountains all around us. It was gorgeous! The w...

 
Traveler Alex_RTW

Reaching the heights of cool
2004-04-10, Mount Cook, New Zealand. By: Alex_RTW

The next stop on the itinery was the undisputed king of New Zealand's peaks - Mt Cook. The mauri name of Aoraki, 'cloud piercer' poetically captures the mountain's stature and majesty. We'd seen a TV ...

 
Picture from story Riding Out the Storm in a Cabin

Riding Out the Storm in a Cabin
2002-09-17, Mount Cook, New Zealand. By: sbirch

We traveled for four hours from Queenstown to Mt. Cook arriving for the last clear view of Mt. Cook… a two day storm was blowing in right behind us. I sit here in the dining room enjoying the small of...

 
Picture from story Mount Cook

Mount Cook
2001-03-10, Mount Cook, New Zealand. By: andreas

From Christchurch I got on a bus that went to Mount Cook and then continued south to Queenstown. Must say that the lunch at Mount Cook came with the most astounding view (see pic :-). The whole area a...

 


 
 

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