The most famous hike in the Mount Cook National park, world-heritage site, just 2 kms from the impressive Hermitage hotel. View 2 lakes with spectacular icebergs, cross 3 swing bridges, real Kiwi. This trail takes you to the base of New Zealand's highest peak, Aoraki-Mount Cook named after James Cook the English navigator (from Whitby) explorer - sailing around this new found land in 1769.
Visitors believe it or not swim in these ice cold waters, 3 degrees!
View the stone remains of the very first Hermitage hotel swept away in floods many years ago.
The Department of Conservation Visitor Centre in the village is well worth time.
