Mount Cook - MacKenzie

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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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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

Temple Camping Ground

Temple Campsite

Ruataniwha Conservation Park

Temple Camping Ground is a basic DOC campsite with 30 available tent sites. Located in beech forest north of Lake Ohau. A great location for tramping...

Omarama

Public Dump Station

Only for self-contained vehicles. Donation is appreciated.

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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

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

To get away from the roadside crowds and their literal arsenal of cameras, we walked 1/2 mile and found a lovely little rock for a cheesy yoga pose. (Off in the distance is Mount Cook.)

Lake Pukaki Freedom Camping

Sealy Tarns

Sealy Tarns Track

Mount / Mt Cook National Park

4 km return | 3 hours return

Lake Pukaki track

Ruataniwha Conservation Park, Mackenzie Basin

Time: 5 hr return / Distance: 12 km