The Mount Aspiring National Park is situated in the South Island of New Zealand. This park covers an area of 3,555 km2 at the southern end of the Southern Alps, to the west of west of Lake Wanaka and borders the Fiordland National Park to the south. It was established in 1964 and is a part of the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Site.

Mount Aspiring is famous for tramping, walking, alpine climbing and mountaineering. This park got its name from the 3033 meter high Mount Aspiring that sits within the boundaries of the park. In addition to this mountain there are some other well known peaks within this park as well like Mount Pollux (2542 m) and Mount Brewster (2519 m). In the northern corner of the park is the Haast Pass which is one of the three major road routes across the Southern Alps.

The well known tramping tracks in this park are the Gillespie Pass, the Matukituki Valley track, the Routeburn Track and the Rees-Dart circuit. However, one of the best tracks here has to be the Rob Roy Valley Track, which offers some wonderful dramatic scenery and is highly recommended for hiking enthusiasts.

A superb blend of remote wilderness, high mountains and beautiful river valleys, the Mount Aspiring NationalPark is considered by many to be a great place to come tramping and walking. The views here are truly world class offering many picture perfect photograph opportunities as well as plenty of bird watching opportunities also. Home to a plethora of wildlife, you can spot many native birds here including, the yellow crowned parakeet, the tui, the bellbird, the South Island robin and the rifleman. Owls also inhabit this national park along with bats, red deer and chamois.

In summer you can expect this park to get quite hot, so remember to wear lots of protection from the sun in the form of sunscreen and sunglasses. During the winter the temperature drops quite a bit bringing with it lots of snow and cold temperatures ideal for some ski-mountaineering tours. The main towns servicing this park are Wanaka, Queenstown and Glenorchy.