Queenstown to Mount Cook Tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: GreatSights, Carpark 9-11 Athol Street, Queenstown 9300 New Zealand

Departing point

Duration: 1 minute

Pass By: Lake Pukaki, New Zealand

Lake Pukaki is the largest of three roughly parallel alpine lakes running north-south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin on New Zealand's South Island. The others are Lakes Tekapo and Ohau.

Pass By: Central Otago, Alexandra, Cromwell New Zealand

Stop for snacks at the fruit shop

Stop At: Aoraki/Mt. Cook, Mt. Cook Road, Mt. Cook Village, Aoraki Mount Cook National Park (Te Wahipounamu) New Zealand

o We are now entering the Mt Cook National Park, one of 14 National Parks in New Zealand. The area of the park is 70,696 hectares and has the highest mountains and largest glaciers in New Zealand it was established as a National Park in 1953. The Maori name for Mt Cook is Aoraki which means ‘Sky Piercer’. It is a rugged land of ice and rock with 19 mountain peaks over 3,000 metres including Mt Cook which is 3,753 metres the highest mountain in New Zealand, however, Mt Cook used to be 3,763 metres.

Duration: 1 minute