Tag: Fox Glacier
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Views of clouds and rain

Others have told us that the views are fabulous heading south from Fox Glacier, and we had high hopes. The weather forecast yesterday predicted sunny and clear weather all day today, but we woke to clouds covering the skies, and headed out with hopes for clearing weather during the day. The earliest part of the…
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Seeing Fox Glacier!

The route from the town of Franz Josef to Fox Glacier is only about 15 miles, with 3 big hills in between. We lazed around in the morning, and then went to the West Coast Wildlife Center, where rare and endangered Kiwis are hatched as part of a multi-pronged recovery program effort that seems to…