If you have a bit of spare time and you’re happy to travel 20 miles, take a look at Mount Cook. This lively place offers loads of things to keep you engaged. Hooker Valley Track, Tasman Glacier and Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre alone justify the drive. Locals will also probably point you toward Westland Tai Poutini National Park, 25 miles away. If you can only find time for one thing here, let it be Franz Josef Glacier. (But we’d also recommend Lake Matheson and Fox Glacier.)