Close to the Hermitage hotel and Mount Cook village is Tasman lake, a magnificent proglacial lake formed by the recent retreat of the Tasman Glacier in New Zealand's South Island at the base of mighty Aoraki-Mount Cook. In the early 1970s, there were several small meltwater ponds on the Tasman Glacier. By 1990, these ponds had merged into Tasman Lake. Tasman lake has quickened the retreat of the Tasman Glacier. Today visitors enjoy a spectacular boat ride to see up close icebergs naturally!
