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Fox Glacier

These two infamous Glaciers are located in the South Island of New Zealand and they are about 25 kms from each other or 30 minutes by car and it takes about 4 hours by car from Queenstown (a total of 320 km’s). Although it takes 4-hr drive. I promise you it is worth it! I have never seen such beauty in any other countries that I have visited and I’m sure many of you who have been to New Zealand would agree with me. You’ll see mountains, lakes (beautiful!! My gosh!), trees, country sides, and of course SHEEP and many of them!

Comparing the size of these two Glaciers, Fox Glacier is bigger than Franz Josef Glacier, but they both are still a mountain-size of Ice Rock! You’ll have an idea on how big they are by looking at the pictures. They are HUGE!! Imagine having waterfalls of Coca Cola that stream down those Mountains of Ice!! I am sure 7-Eleven will run out of business coz no one will buy slurpy anymore! Hehehe

If you aren’t really a hiky person like me , you can see and experience these two Glaciers in one day and that’s probably the best thing to do. But of course, there are many ways to experience these two Glaciers, first is by foot (not guided) where you can do everything yourself but you can only get to the view point. Second, you could join a guided tour where you get a tour guide that takes you up to the glaciers. Third, you could pay for a bit more money where you can do a helicopter ride where you can view the whole glaciers and mountains surround them from the sky.

Franz Josef Glacier

Tips: Make sure you have the right outfit before you go, like the right shoes to wear, rain coat as it rains quite a bit there, and do have enough memory for your camera!

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Happy Travels
Eliazar Putera

Click PHOTO-COLLECTIONS for more photos in  Fox Glacier and Franz Josef Glacier (Under New Zealand Album).

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