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There are many Mount Cook Tours which are arranged from Christchurch. The visitors coming to this fabulous city of New Zealand will always remain busy since there are several things to do in Christchurch. During the Mount Cook Tours the visitors will get the opportunity to explore the highest mountain of New Zealand. Many day trips are arranged from Christchurch and the travelers can easily take part in these tours. During this tour the visitors will travel across the rural farmland of the lovely Canterbury Plains. After the plains they will encounter the splendor and majesty of the enormous Southern Alps.

During the Mount Cook Tours the travelers will have to cross the lakes which are fed by the glaciers. Then the travelers will reach the Mount Cook National Park. From here the travelers can opt to take a scenic flight and have a landing on the snow of the Tasman Glacier. This will turn out to be a great alpine day. The visitors can travel by road to the mountainous region. The spectacular sceneries of the Canterbury Plains will definitely refresh the minds of all the visitors. There is also a little halt at the Barkers Winery or the Tin Shed. The journey will continue through the foothills of the Southern Alps. The travelers will cross Geraldine and then reach Fairlie. The tour will also go through the MacKenzie Basin. The trail consists of brown snow grass-covered landscape. The place has got a very desert like appeal. After crossing the MacKenzie Basin the visitors will reach Lake Tekapo. The visitors can take an idyllic snap of the Church of the Good Shepherd which is on Lake Tekapo. The magnificent alpine scenery will be at the back drop.

Next the tour proceeds to Lake Pukaki. Here the Tasman Valley opens in the Basin of MacKenzie. There is the Cook Mountain and the other snow covered peaks at the background. The visitors will get the lunch at the Hermitage which is in the Mount Cook National Park. The visitors can explore the Tasman Glacier, where a twenty minutes climb will take the visitors to the zenith of the terminal moraine. From here the visitors will get splendid view of the newly formed Tasman Lake and the Tasman Glacier.

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