Travel Blog Photos from Frans Josef (32)
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... from a couple of farms and a cemetry, so I looped round and rejoined the main highway (I tried big bro!) I arrived in Frans Josef shortly after a pleasant lunch stop at Lake Ianthe and headed straight for the glacier. Like the Tasman Glacier we saw at ...
... adventure day tomorrow. The activity of choice was a strenuous nine hour trek and ice climb scaling the mighty Frans Josef Glacier. It's one of New Zealand's 'must-do's' and is supposed to be an unforgettable experience. I was staying put with my foot ...
... means I get a 15 minute flight up the Frans Josef glacier then 2 hours hiking round the top of the glacier then a flight back. The Frans Josef Glacier is the fastest moving glacier in the world, I think we were told it can move up to a foot a day at some ...
We drove all the way up the west coast, visited Fox and Frans Josef Glaciers... witnessed a very strange thing which I'm yet to find an explanation. We were driving along a road on the way to Frans, there were trees on either side of us... no other people ...
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Lake Tekapo & Cromwell
Posted on Jun 30, 2006, 10:18:28
... to Milford Sound will be brimming with adrenaline! On the West Coast, it might be worth pointing out that Fox & Frans Josef are about ten/fifteen minutes apart, Frans being the larger township of the two (and the 'Rainforest Retreat' ...
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new zealand: things to do in the winter?
Posted on Jun 5, 2006, 10:47:14
... will be weather permitting. There's plenty of option too depending on your location: Rotorua, Taupo, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Frans Josef, Wanaka, Queenstown all offer skydiving packages and if you're in the right place at the right time ...
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