NZ Tourism.com Mt Aspiring National Park Tours
This is a wonderful mixture of remote wilderness, high mountains and beautiful river valleys. It is a walker’s paradise and a must for mountaineers. The views are endless and unforgettable. The park (established in 1964) is part of Te Wahipounamu Southwest New Zealand World Heritage Area.
Location
Southern end of the Southern Alps, The closest towns are Wanaka, Queenstown Glenorchy and Te Anau.
Exploring the Mt Aspiring National Park wilderness is an unforgettable experience with its striking landforms, from soaring mountains to tranquil river flats.
As braided river valleys, native beech forests and lush alpine meadows give way to the dramatic glaciated Southern Alps, the pure beauty of the scenery pushes daily pressures a million miles away. Part of Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Area, Mt Aspiring National Park is an area of unrivalled natural beauty and host to hundreds of hiking tracks, rock climbing routes and trout fishing rivers, all within easy reach of Lake Wanaka.
At its heart is Mt Aspiring, the park’s highest mountain at 3,033m and known to early Maori as ‘Tititea’ or `glistening peak’. Since the age of mountaineering began it has been a drawcard for climbers the world over.
Hike to the majestic Rob Roy Glacier and picnic by a cascading waterfall with native alpine parrots for company, while listening to the cracks of the hanging glacier high overhead. Take a jetboat ride into the park and learn about Maori legends or fly over the mountains looking down on the peaks and vallys below before an unforgettable snow landing.
You´ll ❤️ these great things to see & do…
- Scenic flight around Mt Aspiring
- Hike the Blue Pools Walk
- Hike the Rob Roy Glacier Track
- Back country ski touring
- Wilkin-Young 3 day alpine tramp
- Jet Boating on the Wilkin and Makarora Rivers
- Learn to rock or ice climb
- Hike the West Matukituki Valley & Stay overnight at Mt Aspiring Hut