Lake Pukake and Mount Cook 12/03-04/2010

Lake Pukake with Mount Cook in the background.

Mount Cook

Tasman Glacier and Lake.

Hiking to Tasman Lake to see the icebergs.

A short drive south and we arrived at lake Pukake, another sapphire stunner, with Mount Cook (NZ highest peak) in the background. We spent a couple of hours on a fishing excursion but again no fish. We did see a few salmon swim by though, and one of them must have been 20 to 30 pounds. I kept dragging the lure across it's field of vision but it showed no interest. We camped at a at spot along the lake and prepared a fine meal of tacos with homemade salsa and gaucomole, a favorite staple. Hopefully we'll be having fish taco's soon. The next morning we drove to Mount Cook. It is amazing how accesible the mountains and lakes are here in NZ. That and the fact that the South Island has such a small population, means little traffic and small crowds if any. We hiked to Tasman lake where we viewed small icebergs floating along after dropping from the Tasman Glacier. Another fine day.