Excellent visitors centre for advice about walking options, an excellent exhibition over two floors a small shop and toilets. On the day we arrived it was recommended we do the Hooker walk as weather was deteriorating which proved excellent as we enjoyed a beautiful walk. The exhibition really requires a few hours to learn about the history and geography of the area. As my short walk day pack was damaged I purchased an excellent fold up pack which will be great for future travel.

We so often find the Visitors Centres in New Zealand to be full of information, interesting products and very helpful staff and the Mount Cook Visitors Centre certainly is all of this. There is also really interesting information about the area and the history of it. We recommend stopping in here when you visit Mount Cook area.

On a miserable wet morning you can while away an hour in here learning about the mountain range, history, early explorers and the flora and fauna of the area. There’s some interesting exhibits and a range of films showing on small screens. Loved the stained glass windows and collection of old mountaineering exhibits

The staff are very friendly and informative. They gave us a lot of useful info regarding the mueller hut and track. it is a much harder walk than imagined . Straight up for about 4 hours . When you reach the hut is all worth it . we actually went in January 2019 and there was ice/snow all around the hut . All day and night we were surronded by the sound of avalanches . Very unique experience . I would love to come back one day .