Mt. Cook, the highest mountain in New Zealand. It reaches a height of 3,754 metres (12,316 ft). It is located in the south island of New Zealand and it is part of the Southern Alps. The view is beautiful and stunning, it reminds us humans of how small we really are. The town itself is really small so there is not much to do there but to go see the enormous mountain. There are 10 short or day walks around the Mount Cook Village and into the main valleys. The most popular are to Kea Point and the Hooker Valley. I wasn’t able to do them but I hear they are nice walks.