We left Lake Hāwea, near Wanaka early, our journey to Mount Cook was only about 207 km but we wanted to get there in time  to hike one of the many trails we’d been told about. We knew we were …

We set off from Queenstown on day 18 headed towards Mt Cook. It is possible to do the 3 1/2 hours (272km) journey in a day. But we weren’t in a hurry and wanted to stop at one of the …