Head to the glaciers for adrenaline action
Franz Josef is the main tourist stop on the West COast of NZ and many flock there for its stunning vistas and because its one of the few glacier in the World that actually drops all the wy down to sea level.
Fox Glacier is a small township located about 3 hours from Greymouth on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. This area is called ¨Glacier Country¨ as there are 2 glaciers in close proximity – the other being the Franz Josef glacier.
Fed by four alpine glaciers, Fox Glacier falls 2,600m on its 13km journey from the Southern Alps down to the coast, and although retreating throughout most of the last 100 years, it has been advancing since 1985 at an average of about a meter a day.