‘West Coast’ Stories
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The splendid Franz Josef Glacier is world renowned as the gem of New Zealand’s West Coast Glaciers. This region gives you the opportunity to experience the most spectacular glacier environment available to the general public anywhere in the world, with a wide range of glacier hiking tours to suit all levels of fitness and ability. [...]
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Haast is an area in the Westland District territorial authority on the west coast of New Zealand’s South Island. The European settlement of the area dates back to the 1870s. The remoteness of the area initially limited access to sea-going vessels, with some rough tracks from the north and east. The present Haast township was [...]
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As you cruise up the ‘Glacier Highway’ towards the West Coast of the South Island, you will be captivated by the lush hillside overflowing with native bush such as punga and ferns that greets you. Westland is famous for its untouched beauty—most of it is reserved as a National Park—and a mixture of plentiful rainfall [...]
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The Franz Josef (Ka Roimata o Hinehukatere in Maori) is a twelve km long glacier located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Together with the Fox Glacier just twenty km to the south, it is unique in descending from the Southern Alps to less than 300 metres [...]
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Fox Glacier is situated on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. If you are travelling a long way to get to New Zealand and consider New Zealand to be very remote, than Fox Glacier would almost be beyond comprehension. The nearest Supermarket is just 175 ks away in a delightful small [...]
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Fox is the largest and longest of the magnificent West Coast glaciers. It is remarkable in that it ends in temperate rainforest, 250 metres above sea level and a mere twelve kilometres from the sea. There are more 3,000m (10,000ft) peaks at the head of the Fox Glacier than in any other valley in New [...]
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The magnificent Franz Josef Glacier is widely regarded as the gem of New Zealand’s West Coast Glaciers. From its origins high in the Southern Alps, the Franz Josef Glacier descends deep into the lush rainforest of Westland’s National Park, from a height of 2700m above sea level to only 240m in as little as 11 [...]
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