Fox Glacier Stories


A small world

Our next destination was Fox Glacier but first we had a quick stop at a kiwi sanctuary in Hokitika. We some native animals there including giant eels an, you guessed it, kiwis. I imagined you’d be able to hold one if you cupped both your hands together but they’re much bigger than I expected and are as high as my knee. Still cute though. Fox Glacier ...


Ice, ice and more ice!

So we arrived and fox glacier, did another *cough* skydive *cough* which was AMAZING! you jump out at the height of towering snow capped mountains, over the glacier- awesome. Although i was really paranoid that the chute wouldnt open because i was being greedy doing 2 :s but im still here! the next day it was time for our full day glacier hike! this was...


It’s water, but not as we know it. Just got chocolate in the keyboard.

Welcome friends and family to Glacier Tuesday. Today we will mainly be visiting glaciers. We headed off from Greymouth mid morning, skipped around several campervans and made our way to Franz Joseph glacier. We couldn’t stop there long as we had a half day trek up the Fox glacier booked for the afternoon. We took some photos and got back on the road. Th...


20th August

Hey all Today was brilliant!!! After we woke up we had a look around Greymouth, we went into a museum where they showed how they made Jade pieces. After that we drove to Franz Josef where it is well-known for the ice glaciers there. Once we arrived we found out that to access the glacier we had to walk, but walking to the glacier would take fi...