Mount Cook

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Travel and vacation in Mount Cook, New Zealand

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What to see and do in Mount Cook ?

With so much natural beauty right at your doorstep, Mount Cook is the perfect outdoor experience. Whether you’re looking for the perfect lakeside escape, countryside activity, the high life of a city centre or a great winter getaway, Mount cook is a fantastic experience for all.

While you drink in the stunning scenery, Mount Cook offers a range of outdoor activities to please everyone from the amateur to the professional. Cycling is a popular pastime in the town, featuring tracks which cater for novice riders through to the more advanced technical riders. The Mount Cook region has many tracks of varying degrees of difficulty and distance—perfect for endurance training or just a leisurely Sunday afternoon ride.

A winter in Mount Cook will truly take your break away. The mountain offers a diverse range of snow fields ideal for beginners through to expert skiers and boarders. If you’re really adventurous, you might even like to try heliskiing—the adventurous sport of skiing without rules or barriers! After such high-life fun, you might like to indulge in a variety of après-ski activities—there’s more to it that just cuddling up by the fire!

Mount Cook offers great spots for hiking and climbing as well. Perhaps you’d enjoy a relaxing scenic flight through the area, so that you can take in the spectacular scenery form an entirely new angle—Mount Cook is sure to leave its visitors with a new perspective.

The town also offers fantastic tours, one of the best being a tour of the magnificent night sky. Over 4,300 km² of Mackenzie night sky has been recognised as an International Dark Sky Reserve—the largest such reserve in the world and one of the best stargazing sites on earth. Find Orion’s belt, or simply marvel at the wonder that is the cosmos.