Franz Josef Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

Kia ora, after a good nights sleep without anyone coming or going through the night, as we had a double room for the first time in a while as the price difference here was hardly anything. So we loaded the car and headed slightly off track to call in at a seal colony just down the coast. As we pulled up we could see people putting on warm wollie...

Hello Everyone,
Sorry it's been so long since I've updated this! I promise I haven't been doing anything too exciting(well until last week)!! I'm on the South Island of NZ for the week, and having a great time so far. It's just me and my friend Kelly and today we hiked the Franz Josef glacier!! It was so amazing no words can describe it! I'l...

We awake with sore heads and only about 20 minutes to get ready before the bus departed. Our only en-route stop today is the Bushman's Centre, which informs us of how the Westcoast boys used to make a living catching and hunting animals and other manly things.

On our arrival in Franz Josef we get a short briefing for tomorrow on our glaci...

Day 47

Today we arrived at Franz Josef. Where we were staying we were in an amazing place, surrounded by the glaciers and Franz Josef Glacier. They were phenominal to look at, stunning. Lisa made me a spagetti carbanara, which was awesome (although not as good as yours mum!!) and then we chilled out watching Braveheart in the evening and ...

We arrived in Franz Josef early enough that afternoon and started setting up our tent for the first night! We borrowed an extra blanket from reception as we were sleeping at the foot of a bloody big glacier!!

The following day it was onto the mini bus and up to the glacier valley. A 5k walk from the car park was next, which brought us to...

Saturday 2009-04-18 to Monday 2009-04-20 For Swedish please see below. Franz Josef - an increadible glacier adventure From its origins high in the Southern Alps, the Franz Josef Glacier descends deep into the rainforest of Westland National Park. It is truely one of the most spectacular glacial environments in the world! During the glacier valle...

We arrived in Franz Josef hot off the Magic Bus with so much excitement after coming round to the idea that after being so good with our budget we could finally splash out on a magical day and take a helicopter to the top of the glacier and then do a short 2 hour hike around it. It was going to be such a cool day and after the bus driver, Carl, ...

WOW! arriving in Franz Josef and seeing the snow-capped mountains and a tiny bit of the glacier itself is just magical!! completely breath-taking! quite a lot of the time though, there is some cloud hanging about so they gradually appear and disappear throughout the day! on tuesday i went ice-climbing in the hukawai building indoor ice wall!! i ...

Saturday 7th December The drive down from Nelson to Franz Joseph Glacier only took 6 hours, with not many people out on the roads. I drove the first 4ish hours whilst Jackie had the occassional snooze at the side of me. We swapped over driving at Greymouth, but to be honest I was right up for taking the steering wheel back when Jackie went to st...

We arrived at Franz Josef this afternoon after a stop at a salmon farm for lunch. Today it's raining quite heavily, and the water levels seem really high. I'll keep my fingers crossed that it clears up tomorrow before a helicopter ride up the glacier for some hiking.... tonight will be a bit more low key, which is great since my muscles are in a...