South Island

Mount Cook - MacKenzie

Like a great road trip movie, wind down the windows, put on your favourite tunes and prepare yourself for a sensory intake of freedom.

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An amazing up close encounter with New Zealand’s largest glacier, the Tasman Glacier.

Hermitage - Walk starts behind it

Glencoe Walk

Aoraki/Mount / Mt Cook Village

Time: 30 min return

Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park is a rugged land of ice and rock, with 19 peaks over 3,000 metres including New Zealand's highest mountain, Aoraki...

Red Tarns in winter

Red Tarns Track

Aoraki/Mount / Mt Cook Village

2.3 km return | 2 hours return

Ball Shelter Hut route

Aoraki/Mount / Mt Cook Village

Time: 3 - 4 hr one way

Benmore Range access track

Access to Benmore Range Conservation Area

Time: 7 hr return, Distance: 17 km return, 800 m vertical

Observatory on Mount John Summit

Mount John Summit Circuit

Lake Tekapo Walkway, direct route to summit

Approx 3 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

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Mount / Mt John

Lake Alexandrina round trip

Time: 6-8 hours, 26km round trip

Hooker River with Mount Cook

Hooker Valley Track

Aoraki/Mount / Mt Cook Village

10 km return | 3 hours return

Sealy Tarns

Sealy Tarns Track

Mount / Mt Cook National Park

4 km return | 3 hours return

Pines Beach - Lake Tekapo

Time: up to an hour for each walk, each way

10.4 km return | 7 hours return

Some of the best views in NZ from Mount John

7 km return | 3 hours return

A view up the Tasman

Blue Lakes and Tasman Glacier Walks

Aoraki/Mount / Mt Cook National Park

40 minutes return | 2 km return