Tag: Mountains
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New Zealands Largest – The Tasman Glacier
Getting in touch with the Tasman Glacier. The Tasman Valley located in the Aoraki / Mount Cok National Park is home to the largest Glacier in New Zealand with a distance of 17km. On a very fine Sunny Day, I took the chance to go out with the Glacier Explorers onto the Tasman Glacier Lake,…
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Hiking the Avalanche Peak in Arthurs Pass, New Zealand
Hearing the term “Avalanche Peak” should have scared me off but it didn’t, infact I though nothing off it. . At the i-Site it was displayed as one of the many Day Walks – or should I say tramping trails? Having planned on being in Arthurs pass for four Days, and there was nothing else…
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Hooker Valley Track in Mount Cook / Aoraki National Park
No this is not where Hookers live, or will you find any! It is however one of the easiest, most spectacular and popular walks in the Mount Cook National Park, maybe even one of the best Walks in all of New Zealand. Welcome to the Hooker Valley Track! Sometimes I don’t know if all of…
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15 Impressions of Mount Cook National Park
Mount Cook National Park is one of 14 National Parks of New Zealand. It is the home of New Zealands tallest peak Mount Cook / Aoraki at 3573m. Aoraki translates from Mauri into Cloud Piercer –oh how true that is always at the border of the Clouds. It is also home of the Tasman Glacier,…
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Kaikouras Backyard and the First Sunrise of 2015 in the World!
Kaikoura is known for its Whale and Dolphin Watching, but do you know about the hidden Gems in Kaikouras Backyard? Like Mount Fyffe? With a beautiful hut that you can rent for 5$ a night, the plus point is that you get am amazing view of Kaikoura and the Peninsula all for free. Ask…