Editing Mount Cook Village (section)

==Tourism==
Mount Cook Village caters to a steady flow of around 250,000 visitors per year<ref name="pandp">[http://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/about-doc/role/policies-and-plans/national-park-management-plans/aoraki-ltcp-section1.pdf "Aoraki/Mount Cook Village: Long-term Community Plan"], [[Department of Conservation (New Zealand)|Department of Conservation]]</ref> with a wide range of facilities and accommodation.

An international style hotel, "[[The Hermitage Hotel, Mount Cook Village|The Hermitage]]",<ref>[http://www.hermitage.co.nz/ "The Hermitage" official website]</ref>  the name of which dates back to the original hotel built in 1884, is the only prominent larger building in the village and a popular location, especially for international tourists. The Hermitage is sometimes used as an alternative name for the settlement.  The hotel also owns and operates chalets and a lodge and motel with options ranging from [[Backpacking (travel)|backpacker]] accommodation through to family units.

There are two more motels in the village, and a total of four restaurants or pubs, two of which are inside the main hotel complex.  The buildings and motel units are connected via paved footpaths.
The small White Horse Hill camping ground is located about {{convert|2|km|mi}} outside the village, connected via a walking track.

Commercial operations run guided walks, 4WD safaris, boating on the [[Tasman Lake|Tasman glacier lake]], horse treks, fishing, and scenic flights including landing on the glaciers.  These are based at the hotel, departing and returning to the hotel's main entrance.

A number of nearby walks and climbs ranging from 10 minute bush walks to multi-day tramping tracks and routes can be explored from Mount Cook Village.

There are three short walking tracks through forest areas within the village and on its outskirts, as well as the starting points of longer walking tracks ranging from the popular and easy Hooker Valley Track to more strenuous walks such as the steep track to [[Sealy Tarns]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aoraki/Mount Cook village walking tracks |url=http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/canterbury/places/aoraki-mount-cook-national-park/things-to-do/tracks/aoraki-mount-cook-village-walking-tracks/ |accessdate=2016-08-25 |publisher=Department of Conservation}}</ref>

The village is home to the park's visitor centre,<ref>[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/national-parks/aoraki-mount-cook/activities/aoraki-mount-cook-national-park-visitor-centre/ "Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park visitor centre"], Department of Conservation</ref> and the starting point for climbers, hunters<ref>''[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/things-to-do/hunting/where-to-hunt/canterbury/aoraki-mount-cook-hunting/where-to-hunt/aoraki-mount-cook/ "...hunting for tahr and chamois is permitted all year round in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park..."]''</ref> and trampers visiting the many huts.<ref>[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-stay/backcountry-huts-by-region/canterbury/aoraki-mount-cook/ "Huts by region: Aoraki/Mount Cook area"], Department of Conservation</ref>

The YHA backpacker hostel is due to close permanently in December 2021 due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-25|title=Youth hostel closures in Tekapo and Aoraki/Mt Cook a double blow for Mackenzie District|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/127102057/youth-hostel-closures-in-tekapo-and-aorakimt-cook-a-double-blow-for-mackenzie-district|access-date=2021-11-26|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref>