South Island trip Part 5: Glacier country

From Te Anau, we drove to Franz Josef. It was an all day trip, but we did stop at Arrowtown and Wanaka's Puzzling World. We also stopped to buy some more cheap delicious cherries outside of Cromwell.

This was Arrowtown, a small gold mining town just outside of Queenstown. Lovely old buildings/shops. You could buy some gold panning gear and try your luck in the Arrow River which was once rich with gold.


We had a bit of fun with the Roman Toilets at Puzzling World, Wanaka.


Here's me holding up the leaning tower of Wanaka!


Franz Josef
Standing outside our motel unit at Franz Josef. Lovely view of the Southern Alps.


Visiting Franz Josef glacier. This is the barrier - as far as you are "allowed" to go without a proper guide.


We ignored the signs, of course... Here's me and Jacob at the valley floor - still a long way away from the glacier terminal face.


Here's Alice and me back at the barrier. (Alice didn't cross the barrier, it was too rocky for her to clamber down)


View of Franz Josef glacier from Peter's Pool.


Franz Josef glacier


Fox Glacier
The next day, our second and final day at Franz Josef, we drove down the road to see Fox glacier.

It looked even more spectacular than Franz Josef.





Here's as far as we were allowed to go - the terminal face of Fox Glacier. This was much closer than we were able to get at Franz Josef.


Next: Our South Island trip finale.