Today we journey into New Zealand's highland and Mount Cook National Park, which is awarded 'World Heritage' status in recognition of its qualities and rare beauty.  The park now forms part of the World Heritage region of Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand.  View Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain at 3754 metres above sea level.  You may wish to take an optional scenic flight over over this awe-inspiring alpine region (weather permitting, own expense).  Continue to beautiful Lake Tekapo, once an ancient glacier and visit the picturesque tiny stone Church of the Good Shepherd.  Leaving the High Country we cross the braided Rakaia River and travel through the mixed cropping and sheep grazing holdings of the vast Canterbury Plains to Christchurch.

(NOTE: To take advantage of the beautiful weather on the previous day, our Tour Manager and Coach Captain took us on to Mt. Cook National Park and a memorable view of Mt. Cook from The Hermitage Hotel a day earlier.  This was originally planned for today as described above, but we were glad we moved it up.  The weather on this morning was not nearly as clear.)

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Christchurch, New Zealand

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