Mount Cook Trip Planning & Itineraries

The Aoraki - Mt Cook National Park is spectacular. More than one-third of the park has a blanket of permanent snow and glacial ice. Of the 27 New Zealand mountains that stretch over 10,000 ft (3,000m), 22 are in this park.

For trivia buffs: The park's mighty Mt Cook, known as the Cloud Piercer, is the highest peak in Australasia at 12,391ft (3,755m).

Suggested Itineraries in Mount Cook

In the southwest corner of New Zealand four huge national parks together make up the Southwest New Zealand World Heritage Area. Known in Maori as Te Wahipounamu (The Place of Greenstone), the region covers 2.6 million hectares and is recognized internationally for its cultural importance as well as the unique vegetation and wildlife of the area. Te Wahipounamu incorporates the following:

• Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park
• Westland National Park/Tai Poutini
• Fiordland National Park
• Mount Aspiring National Park