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Franz Josef Glacier, West Coast
(Jun 16 '07)
"Glacier was spectacular, next time the helicopter flight to see the whole thing!"
The bus took about 3 hours from Wanaka. We opted to stay at Rainforest Retreat, which when we got there was a bad idea ...
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What A View! - Franz Josef Glacier
(Jan 10 '07)
One of the main things we had wanted to see in New Zealand was the famous Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers. We drove around 2 hours north of Haast to Fox Glacier Township. The Fox Glacier is around 2 km ...
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Glacier Trekking
(Jun 06 '07)
Franz Josef is a small little village whose sole existance is to allow easy access to trekking on the nearby Glacier. So thats what we did!
Being the hard core extremeists that we are, we opted for ...
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Well, I can now say I have climbed a Glacier. We opted for the longest trip onto Franz Josef Glacier and it was worth out. Getting kitted up in the gear and boots was fun and we ...
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Lake Tekapo
(Jan 25 '07)
We weren’t leaving Mt Cook till later
in the day so ness and I got up early and went on another walk called
the Hooker Valley, which took us across two swing bridges and to a
Glacier Lake with lots ...
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Ice,ice,ice in Franz Josef
(May 14 '07)
The trip from Barrytown to Franz Joseph was pretty quick and consisted mainly of more dramatic scenery,rivers and bridges shrouded in mist! Franz Joseph is not actually a town, instead it is a ...
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Mount Cook
(Jan 24 '07)
After a 3hr bus trip to Mount Cook we
(even tho we were aching from the gym) decided to go on a hike up
Sealy Tarns Walk which nearly killed us both, the walk is lots of
stairs/boulders going up ...
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Up, up and away....
(Mar 04 '08)
At Fox Glacier we went to Lake Matheson first and walked all the way around so we could get the view of views photo opportunity with Mount Cook and Mount Tasman mirrored in Lake Matheson. We had ...
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"Ice, Ice Baby"
(Apr 12 '07)
"within 2 minutes of putting some 'ice talons' on we were squeezing through ice cave gaps just about big enough for children or dwarves (not lousies).."
Franz Josef
(Oct 25 '06)
Arrived in the small township of Franz Josef very excited as we were going to get a helicopter up to the glacier. Booked it as soon as we got there and spent the rest of the day relaxing in the bar ...
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