Glacier Hot Pools Franz Josef

Eergisteren was hier overdag niet veel te beleven in Hokita , ik zat hier in de hostel met in totaal 5 Duitse vrouwen waarvan er eentje op mijn kamer lag. Het heeft hier zowat de hele dag geregend tot en met 9u s avonds, gelukkig want we wouden nog de gloeiwormen in het bos gaan bekijken en in de regen zou dat niet zo plezant geweest zijn. Dus ik …

Te Anau 8.9.11
After the mayhem of Queenstown, it was time for a chilled out few days further south in Te Anau. It was a 2.5 hour journey, passing the Remarkables mountain range, the giant lake, crazy mental roads with scary cliff drops, whilst a tornado was basically throwing us all over the road. The views continued to …

12th of October

It took most of the morning to travel from Greymouth to Franz Josef. We stopped off at Hokitika which is a town famous for Pounamu (Greenstone) and Ross which is a town famous for its Gold Mining. We then travelled through Westland National Park before arriving in the cute little alpine village of Franz Josef.

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On the way to Franz Josef we passed through to Greymouth for another pick up. This is where Will Rowntree joined us for the ride. Yes,Rowntree from Fruit Pastilles fame! From here it was another 3 hours or so onto Franz. This is one of the things we couldn't wait to see, and the whales! One of NZ's finest sights! We reached the town of Franz Josef …

I forgot to mention in my last post that after the day hike on the glacier, our guided tour also qualified us for entrance to the glacier hot pools (http://www.glacierhotpools.co.nz/). Basically there are three outdoor pools, one 36 celcius (96.8F), one 38 (100.4F), and one 40 (104F). They were large, curvy, lagoon type pools that expand over the …

The magnificent Franz Josef Glacier is widely regarded as the gem of New Zealand’s West Coast Glaciers.
 From its origins high in the Southern Alps, the Franz Josef Glacier descends deep into the lush rainforest of Westland’s National Park. The glacier is currently 12 km long and terminates 19 km (12 mi) from the Tasman Sea. Fed …

Blog will be written on my return to England, trying to enjoy the last few weeks of fun in Australia, rather than spending it on the computer!!

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We are staying put today in Franz Josef (West Coast). We spent the morning catching up on e-mail, skyping and relaxing. Alan rented a bike and went for a ride up to the glacier site , and of course rode around town checking out the local real estate.

We went on an incredible half day glacier experience, The Franz Josef Glacier, I …

Today we were up late as we weren't going anywhere far. So we made ourselves some nice omelettes and then headed into Franz Josef again we wandered slowly around the few souvenir shops looking at cool little gifts. At 12.30 we headed to our destination, the glacial spa hot pools, we we had managed to get ourselves discounted entry for from bookme. …

We got into the helicopter and I took my first ever helicopter ride (!) up onto the Franz Josef glacier. The next few hours were an exhilarating adventure across the icy surface of the glacier and into ice caves and crevices. It was a really amazing experience... except perhaps for Kate. I mentioned that Kate from Kiwi Experience had been out …

... through icy caverns. It was definitely a cool experience (boom boom) and gave us a taster of conditions back home! After the long walk back to civilisation we spent a few hours in the Glacier Hot Pools soaking our muscles in 36, 38 and 40 degree ...

... any lurking cobwebs! Popping back to the Lodge, we picked up our swimming things and then headed off to the nearby Glacier Hot pools, where we spent some time lolling around the three luxurious pools of glacial water heated to temperatures of 36°, ...

... that really got spoiled by the rain. Upon our return to our lodge we picked our towels and swimsuits and headed straight to the Glacier Hot Pools which were included in the tariff we had booked. It was really nice to realx in a 38 degree hot pool in the ...

... but it was a fantastic experience and we wouldn't have missed it for the world.  We finished the day with a visit to the Glacier Hot Pools in the centre of town which we had been told was a great way to relax and warm up after spending time up on ...

... I was pretty tired, so really pleased when a girl in my dorm gave me her wristband, offering up free use of the glacier hot pools, which was a five-minute walk down the road. The pools were perfect, though going on my own made me feel a little like an ...

... be the second most scenic skydive in the world after Mount Everest! Was feeling a bit ill, so me and Jamie went to the Glacier Hot Pools, three naturally heated pools which are fed with water from the glacier. Was so nice and relaxing, like being in a ...

... I think we well and truly converted Bowney...he loved it!! Part of our hike ticket included entry to the glacier hot pools, just a short drive through Franz Josef Town. We had finished on the glacier at about 13:30 but needed to get on the road in ...

... get to the top of the glacier and back.  After we were served some hot chocolate and a free pass to the amazing Glacier hot pools! Ahhhh, what a nice way to spend the day soaking it up in true bliss.  The hot pools were perfect for all our ...

... same as Aston Abbotts and drove down to the beach a few miles away. Later we went for a soak in the Glacier Hot Pools - three pools of glacier water heated to 36, 38 and 40 degrees.... To Christchurch tomorrow and our last 3 days in New Zealand.....the ...

... a helicopter further up the glacier and explore the ice formations from there. As part of our hike we got free entry into the Glacier Hot Pools in town. The perfect way to end of day of activity, the series of hot pools was a great way to relax and get ...