位于8号高速公路蒂卡普小镇以西4公里处，自1975年以来这就是新西兰空中观光公司Air Safaris的主要基地。我们的机场有很多免费的停车场、厕所、WiFi、咖啡，还有一片区域供非乘客坐下来欣赏美景。在蒂卡普湖小镇的主要道路上，我们也拥有一间办公室兼预订中心。

蒂卡普湖 涵盖了你的第一部分新西兰空中观光公司Air Safaris 大穿越之旅 。冰川与岩石的磨擦产生了一种叫做"岩粉"的细粉。蒂卡普湖 深达120米，平均温度为7摄氏度。在夏季，这里是划船、水上运动、钓鳟鱼和鲑鱼的热门地点。

坐落于蒂卡普湖南部的蒂卡普湖村庄 ，居住着大约350名永久居民。村庄本身建在古老的冰渍石上，周围是独特的冰川地貌，这可以从空中很清晰地看到。

Dominating the skyline to the west of Lake Tekapo is Mt John – a classic example of a Roche Moutonnée (harder bed-rock sculptured by advancing glacial ice). Mt John is home to the Mt John Observatory housing New Zealand’s biggest telescope (1.8 meter MOA). Built in the 1960’s the observatory is now mainly used for research purposes by the Canterbury University.

这是一个10500公顷的高山牧羊场，毗邻蒂卡普湖和Roundhill滑雪场。

Mt Hay Station runs 5,000 merino because they’re the only stock sturdy enough to survive the hard country.

阿尔德莫尔山是我们位于蒂卡普湖东侧的高山着陆点之一。这是一个偏远的山区但是拥有绝佳的视角欣赏蒂卡普湖的景色。（这个降落点在我们的婚礼和订婚摄影套餐中也很受欢迎）

Mt Dobson Ski Area is located in the Two Thumb mountain range east of Lake Tekapo village. It’s a perfect for all abilities with all day sun and a range of trails and lifts. The winter ski season runs from late June to early October.

这个滑雪场距离蒂卡普湖村有35分钟的路程。从这个滑雪场您可以看到蒂卡普湖的全景，在这里也有适合各个滑雪水平的客人的不同雪道。

这个高山牧羊场的面积约为5万亩。在这里大约有10000只美利诺羊。夏季，牧民在高山上放牧。而冬季时，牧羊人需要借助他们的牧羊犬把羊群们赶至海拔较低的区域，以防深冬的积雪。 

格林莫尔牧场占地19000多公顷，从蒂卡普湖的西岸一直延伸到库克山国家公园的边界。

Famous for Rainbow and Brown trout fishing, this springfed lake provides a striking contrast to the turquoise-blue glacial water of Lake Tekapo. The lake is one of New Zealand’s Scenic Reserves with over 40 species of bird within it’s biologically rich catchment. 

约瑟夫山是Air Safaris的另一个着陆点，我们夏季在这里进行高山登陆，而冬季则是雪山登陆。这里是俯瞰整个麦肯锡盆地的好地方！

The Cass Valley lies to the west of Lake Tekapo between the Liebig and Hazsard Ranges. It’s a popular area for hiking and 4wd in summer and ski touring in the winter. The Cass River was named after Thomas Cass, the chief surveyor in Canterbury between 1851 and 1867.

The Jollie River is a river of New Zealand’s Southern Alps. It flows an almost straight course from its source in the Liebig Range 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Aoraki/Mount Cook, flowing into the Tasman River 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the latter’s outflow into Lake Pukaki.

你可以从空中清楚地看到漂浮于湖中的冰块，这些冰块花了约500年的时间从塔斯曼冰川顶端的雪原到现在所在的地方。这个湖底的冰仍然有200多米厚。 

奥拉基/库克山村坐落于新西兰最高的山峰之下，坐拥宏伟的高山、壮观的冰川、恒久的雪山和迷人的星空。

库克山村里提供不同类型的住宿，从国际化的酒店到汽车旅馆、背包客栈，露营也是库克山热门的过夜方式之一。

库克山村被超过总面积700公里其中冰川覆盖面积达到40%的奥拉基/库克山国家公园环绕着。

16 kilometers long, the Murchison is New Zealand’s second longest glacier. Flowing in parallel valleys, the Tasman and Murchison Glaciers are separated by the Malte Brun range, dominated by Mt Malte Brun at 10,400′ (3,170m).

李比希雪原是我们的雪山着陆点之一，位于新西兰南部阿尔卑斯山脉之间，高近8000英尺。其背景是奥拉基山库克山，这使得这座山成为非常受欢迎的着陆地点。

29 kilometres long with ice up to 800m deep, The Tasman is easily New Zealand’s longest glacier. Moraine (rock and gravel scraped or fallen from the valley walls) covers the ice for much of its length. At it’s terminus a glacial lake 150m deep and lined with ice, feeding into the huge braided Tasman River and then into Lake Pukaki.

Known as a classic ice-climb, Mt Tasman is New Zealand’s second highest mountain. It was first climbed in January 1895 by Mathias Zurbriggen. The Balfour icefall and glacier descends off its western flanks. 

‘Aoraki’ – the cloud-piercer! New Zealand’s highest mountain stands supreme with its snow and ice-fields spilling into the glaciers below. It was first climbed on Christmas Day 1894 by locals Tom Fyfe, George Graham and 19 year old Jack Clarke. In 1991 a giant rock avalanche occurred on Mt Cook lowering the highest peak by 20m. An estimated 14 million cubic meters of rock and debris, travelled 7.3km from its source at an approximate speed of 400-600 km/hr.

Nestled in the Westland National Park you will find the Franz Josef Glacier. At the head of the glacier is the beatiful Geike snowfield, famous for high altitude cross country skiing. Plummeting steeply westward, this magnificent ‘river of ice’ descends almost to the Tasman sea at a recorded rate of up to 4 meters per day.  

The Maori name for the Fox Glacier is “Te Moeka o Tuawe” this was derived from the ancestor Tu Awe who fell to his death while exploring the area. The bed of the glacier was his finial resting place and it is said that when his lover, Hine Hukatere wept, the bed of the Fox and Franz glaciers filled with her everlasting tears of ice.