MOUNT COOK & TASTE AN ICEBERG ON A GLACIAL LAKE

Aoraki / Mount Cook

New Zealand's highest mountain.

Summit height is 3,724 metres (12,218 feet). Mount Cook is in the Southern Alps. The mountain range runs the length of the South Island.

Small boat tours are available on Tasman Lake a short drive away by tour vehicle from the Hermitage Hotel. Many floating icebergs are on the lake.

Taste an iceberg on the lake.

https://www.hermitage.co.nz/experience/glacier-explorers/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasman_Glacier

Hermitage Hotel

The hotel has distant views to Mount Cook. Located in a valley. There are floor to ceiling windows in the hotel lobby with closeup spectacular snowcapped mountain views. The hotel houses the Sir Edmund Hillary Museum and the hotel has ten floors. All rooms have spectacular mountain views.

In fair weather, I walked solo part of the very steep hiking trail behind and above the Hermitage Hotel. I was soon out of sight of all buildings and the landscape was surrounded by snow covered mountains on all sides. My walking trail followed a walkway along the lower slopes above a valley disappearing between the snow covered hills. I came across a walkway sign explaining unmarked possible avalanche areas ahead. As deep avalanche rumblings could be heard echoing around the mountains, I thought it prudent to turn about and return to the safety of the Hermitage Hotel.

Tasman Glacial Lake

Pickup was arranged via the Hermitage Hotel. Our tour group was driven a short distance to the Tasman Lake and Tasman Glacier by the tour operator. The glacial lake tour begins on the otherside of a mountain which is often snowcapped between the lake and the Hermitage Hotel. All tours are conducted by boarding a tender craft and each tender is accompanied by an onboard tour guide. Lake water is pale green. No marine life live in the lake water. Large and small icebergs float around the lake pushed by wind. Icebergs small and house sized are carved from the Tasman Glacier at the alpine end of the lake. Once on the lake the tender boat tour operator snags and chips off small pieces of smaller icebergs for people to examine and to taste. There is a large boat exclusion zone from the glacier edge for safety. Tour is valve for money. A unique experience.

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The Hermitage Hotel. Mt Cook

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MOUNT COOK

Sir Edmund Hillary looking at Mt Cook. First to climb Mt Everest

MOUNT COOK OVER THE HERMITAGE HOTEL

TASMAN GLACIER BOAT

TASTE AN ICEBERG

ICEBERG LAKE

ICEY LAKE

LAKE ICEBERGS

THE TOUR BOATS

DRIVING PAST SNOW-COVERED HILLS

PARKING NEAR MT COOK RESORTS

WALKING TRACK TURN AROUND POINT

SWAY FOOT BRIDGE OVER ICEY CREEK

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