Queenstown to Mt Cook

Fri - March 16

A glorious sunrise begins our day as we leave Queenstown enroute to Mt Cook, the highest mountain on the Southern Alps range on the South Island.

 

Heading north following Southern Alps through MacKenzie Basin we have to see where the bungie jumpers take their leaps of faith off the 1870's Kawarau suspension bridge.

Fun field sculptures, abundant fruits in roadside stands, and vineyards galore in the Cromwell valley.

 

Beauty is everywhere in NZ

Dairy herds are enormous!

Black swans are a common sight

 

Then we see Mt Cook. The mountain Sir Edmund Hillary trained on for his Everest ascent and Antarctic explorations.

Our accommodations, a funky A-frame with too mnay light-seeking moths, affords us a spectacular view of glaciers hanging above the glacial valley floor.