Mount Cook, New Zealand

Known as Aoraki to the Maori, Mount Cook is the highest mountain of New Zealand. We stayed in the only hotel in the national park (the closest village is around 50km away) and the view of the mountain from our room was absolutely breathtaking. In the morning we took a couple of walks, to Kea Point (no sign of the birds unfortunately) and to the morenic lakes of the 29km long Tasman Glacier.

Queenstown, New Zealand

We stayed in Queenstown for a few nights. The town is lovely and is considered the adventure capital of New Zealand: not to be missed a 90 km/h trip on a jetboat or for the bravest only a bungee jump from the bridge where this sport was invented.