Fox Guides guided glacier walks Fox Glacier
New Zealand
Enjoy a breathtaking guided walk
onto the world famous Fox Glacier with New Zealand's most
experienced glacier guiding company;
Fox Guides Fox Glacier. We offer a full range of hiking
tours and ice adventures to suit all fitness levels.
Fox Glacier is New Zealand's largest commercially guided glacier,
situated in Glacier Country, on the West Coast of the South
Island, only 21 km's south of Franz Josef.
Our friendly and professional guides will take you on a trip of a
life time. They will educate you, entertain you and guide you onto
the stunning Fox Glacier, part of the Westland National Park, a
World Heritage Area.
Half Day Fox Glacier Walk. A popular walk and a
great introduction to the frozen world of Fox Glacier. Our
friendly guides will lead you onto the ice via a secret track
through bush regenerating from previous glacial advances. Your
guide will share with you their enthusiasm and knowledge of the
geology of the area, whilst you walk on the glacier viewing its
stunning ice features. Minimum age: 7 years
Reporting Time: 9.05am and 1.35pm (all year), 10.05am and
2.35pm (on demand in summer)
Duration: 4 hours
All Day Fox Glacier
Walk. Spend a day exploring the
fascinating ice features and majestic pinnacles of the longest
West Coast glacier. Your guide will cut fresh ice steps, to help
you navigate your way through dramatic terrain, which is moving up
to 2 metres a day. There is always something new to discover in
the ever changing world of ice. Minimum age : 13 years.
Reporting Time: 9.20am (all year), 10.20am (on demand in
summer)
Duration: 6 - 7 Hours
Fox Glacier Heli Hike. Combine the thrill
of 2 helicopter flights, with the opportunity to explore a remote
and pristine part of the glacier on foot, with your knowledgeable
guide. Glacial forces are greatest in this area and often create
spectacular ice caves, arches and tunnels, brilliantly blue in
colour. Minimum age : 9 years.
Reporting Time: 8.50am and 11.50am (all year), 2.50pm (on
demand in summer)
Duration: 4 Hours
Walk to the Terminal Face
An informative and leisurely guided walk to the dynamic face of the glacier.
It is here that the Fox River emerges from the ice and where ice collapses
are often heard and seen. This trip takes about two hours return from Fox
Glacier township and is the perfect trip for people with limited time or
for those who would find the glacier walks too strenuous.
Led by your guide, you will visit the final resting place of the ice that
has travelled 13 kilometers from the base of the Southern Alps. You will
venture closer to the ice than the unguided public and have opportunities
to learn the role of the Fox Glacier in shaping this ever-changing environment.
This two hour trip is reasonably easy going. About one and a half hours
is spent walking over a river valley floor at a speed that almost anyone
would be able to manage. Please note that this trip does not take you onto
the ice.
It is usually possible to view the cave at the terminal face of the ice
from which the Fox River emerges.
Fitness level:
Suitable for almost anyone.
Duration:
2 hours
Departure time: 5.00pm
Other departures by arrangement
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