We were booked into the Hermitage Hotel at Mount Cook with amazing views of Mount Cook ...
There was even a view of it from our bedrooms.......
Right next door to it was another mountain range.....which showed evidence ( sort of brown on snow!) of the smoke which was carried over the Tasman Sea from the Australian bushfires......
I have always wanted to see a glacier close up....so signed up to go to the Tasman Glacier...
This involved taking a coach for 20 minutes, then a 30 minute rugged uphill walk.... showing low lying clouds......
and finally a ride in a speedboat!
First stop was beside a 5 day old calved iceberg from the glacier......
We were apparently lucky to see it at its blue stage!
Then on to the next one......
which showed evidence of the stones the glacier carries with it....
There was even a view of it from our bedrooms.......
This involved taking a coach for 20 minutes, then a 30 minute rugged uphill walk.... showing low lying clouds......
and finally a ride in a speedboat!
First stop was beside a 5 day old calved iceberg from the glacier......
which showed evidence of the stones the glacier carries with it....
then a quick trip to the actual glacier!
This showed an area of the glacier which had apparently calved the night before.....
By the time we reached the actual glacier area on the lake the clouds had lifted and we saw the snowy mountains as a backdrop!
So glad you could see such a spectacular glacier. MT Cook is beautiful and to see it from your room even nicer. Our glaciers are melting sadly. Seems like a trip of a lifetime. So happy for you.
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