The rolling hills and plains of McKenzie Country are among the best sheep-grazing lands on the South Island. Prosperous sheep stations dot the wild and sparsely inhabited region, which is backed by the highest and most spectacular of the Southern Alps. Around 140 peaks are higher than 2000m, the greatest of all being imposing Aoraki Mt. Cook, at 3764m, the highest peak in Australasia. Mt. Cook Village is at the gateway to the Mt. Cook National Park, which offers superb hiking opportunities in alpine surrounds as well as helicopter and fixed-wing flights around the mountain and broad tongue of the Tasman Glacier, which are a great way to appreciate the grandeur of the place.
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