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Frans Josef
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The Scale of Things
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
'A Shmock and a Pancake'
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Frans Josef
... which 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 ...
From thin air
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 by ScottWoz
... drive 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' ...
new zealand: things to do in the winter?
Posted by ScottWoz
... it 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 ...
Glaciers and 'Sound' advice
Posted by odells
... days approx in North Island and 20 days on South. Am interested in recommendations for Glacier Walks (half or 1 day), Fox or Frans Josef??? Also Milford South or Doubtful Sound???? Overnight trip or Day trip??? Also suggestions on what NOT to miss out ...
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