From Tekapo: One-Way Small-Group Tour to Queenstown via Mount Cook

Depart from Tekapo
and head to Lake Pukaki and Mount Cook

Depart in a small group from the Tekapo pickup point you chose when booking. The guide accompanies you throughout, and water and snacks are provided. Stop for photos at the turquoise waters of Lake Pukaki and admire Mount Cook towering in the distance before heading into Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park.

Enjoy free time at Mount Cook Village

Explore Aoraki Mount Cook Village freely for about 2 hours. You can walk the free trails or hiking routes, or join optional activities such as a scenic flight with a glacier landing at an extra cost.

Visit a salmon farm and cross Lindis Pass

Stop at High Country Salmon for about 20 minutes to feed the fish and taste or buy fresh salmon. Then climb up Lindis Pass, an alpine road across the Southern Alps, and enjoy the views and take photos for about 10 minutes at the lookout at 971 m.

Pass Cromwell and Kawarau Gorge and arrive in Queenstown

Travel along Lake Dunstan to the former gold-mining town of Cromwell and stop at Jackson Orchards for about 20 minutes, where you can try locally grown fruit or fruit ice cream. Driving along Kawarau Gorge, make a short photo stop at the Roaring Meg rapids, then pass through the Gibbston Valley wine region to arrive in Queenstown. The guide introduces some Queenstown highlights before dropping you off at your accommodation in the town centre.

※ The itinerary is for reference only and may change depending on local conditions.
※ This is a one-way tour and does not return to Tekapo.