Posted: December 6, 2024 | Last updated: March 5, 2025 Fox Glacier and Franz Josef Glacier are between the most accessible glaciers in the world, reaching down through rainforest almost to sea level.

The busiest single day in December 2019 saw 6,396 visitors to the Franz Josef Glacier Valley – compared to 6,006 on the busiest day in December 2018. “It’s no surprise visitors are flocking ...

A river of water has devastated a hotel at Franz Josef Glacier, smashing windows, tossing cars around and leading to a mass, late-night evacuation. The Waiho (Waiau) River started changing course ...

Lush trees surrender to moraine and then the fissured surface of Franz Josef Glacier, which, from the air, looks like a tsunami frozen in time. The pilot sets us down on its surface to disembark ...

It is grim findings for our glacier region in the days of Covid-19. A new report looks at the pandemic effects of businesses in and around the towns of Fox Glacier and Franz Josef. It found 518 ...