Travel Blog Photos from Franz Josef Glacier (567)
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... early. We had planned to look into getting a helicopter flight over one of the glaciers, and we were advised to organize from Franz Josef - the biggest one. At lunchtime we arrived at Fox Glacier and took a walk to the bottom of this one and admired ...
Alex: We got into Franz Josef and headed straight out to the glacier. The glacier sits at the end of a valley it has calved, and a sign marks the end of the glacier in 1720, about 2 km from the glacial face today. The valley is beautiful and the glacier is ...
The Fox Glacier is one of two major glaciers along the West Coast of South Island; the other is Franz Josef Glacier, just 30 minutes north of Fox. Both glaciers offer heli-hikes, day long and half-day hikes but Franz Josef is said to be more crowded with ...
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South Island Odyssey - Part Two - West Coast
Posted on Mar 8, 2008, 19:23:05
... 3. Cape Foulwind 4. Scenic coast below Westport 5. West Coast beach 6. West Coast beach 7. Punaikaki Rocks 8. West Coast lake 9. Fox Glacier 10. Fox Glacier 11. Franz Josef Glacier 12. Lake Matheson 13. West Coast lake 14. North of Karamea
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