Franz Josef

Best travel reports from Franz Josef

March 7th-8th, 2018

Hi there 👋🏻😊 We're back with some amazing new experiences! March 7th, 2018: On Wednesday, we reached the one-week mark, help, time flies so fast! We climbed out of our...

Day 13 Franz Josef Glacier

Woke up early in the morning, a great campsite with small wooden houses and separations between the pitches. The rain has stopped, but the weather forecast announces unusually...

Day 25 - Drive to Franz Josef

Hurrah! I even have one more :D Today we went to Franz Josef because we still have a big tour planned here before my departure on Sunday. But tonight we have first made a 'Carve...

Tag 25 Franz Josef Glacier Rain Rain Rain....

It rained heavily all night and there was plenty of liquid sunshine in the morning. Visit to the West Coast Wildlife Center, where you can admire two real kiwis, photography is...

Franz-Josef and Fox Glacier

We drove to the glaciers today with new hope, on the way there we met a couple who said that the bad weather is now moving inland and the weather at the glaciers should be...

Day 52 and 53 Glacier Tour

On the two days, we visited the Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers. It was sad to see how little is left of them, but still very impressive. We also visited Peter's Pool where the...

Tag 31 - Costal Highway (Part II)

The day started off very relaxed. After a cozy breakfast, we headed to Franz Josef. I was really disappointed with this place, it's as touristy as the circumstances allow....

Franz-Josef 🏔️🎆

I was picked up very easily from Hokitika to Franz-Josef so the journey wasn't that long and I had really nice company. When I arrived in Franz-Josef, I was initially surprised...

Rainy day

It rained all day, so we could use the time wisely to plan our next destinations.

Franz Josef Glacier

After our rainy day, we visited the Franz Josef Glacier today. Unfortunately, we could not get closer due to floods.

Tag 62: Rainy day in the camper

It has been raining all day. This is our 5th day of rain during our entire trip, three of which were in New Zealand. We're treating ourselves to a chill day.

Tag 9

Jan's driver's license is finally here 🙏🏻 Now we can start the four-hour drive to Franz Josef Glacier. We left Wanaka around 9:00 and stopped along the way at the hiking trail...