Mount Cook, Franz Josef & Fox Glacier holidays in New Zealand

Alpine in the purest sense, Aoraki Mount Cook National Park brims with skyscraping peaks, glaciers and permanent snow fields, all under a star-studded sky; while in Westland National Park, on the west coast, are the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers, two giant rivers of ice which still flow almost to sea level.

Dazzling Mount Cook is New Zealand's highest peak at 12,218 feet and part of the majestic Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, an expanse of untouched, awe inspiring alpine landscape in South Island's Mackenzie region. Named Aoraki by South Island Maori, it is one of 28 mountains that make up the rugged Southern Alps. Equally magnificent is the stargazing, as Aoraki Mount Cook National Park forms the majority of New...