The Best Travel Spots nearby Franz Josef Glacier

Westland Tai Poutini National Park

7.9 km away

Fox Glacier

11.5 km away

142 Cook Flat Rd

13.9 km away

Lake Matheson

16.7 km away

Lake Matheson Walkway

16.8 km away

Mount Cook

17.0 km away

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Franz Josef Glacier / Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere is a 12 km long temperate maritime glacier in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.

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Seeing this glacier was awesome, but I was more impressed at how much it had retreated -and just how quickly that had happened! Sadly, you can no longer hike up to the glacier and this photo had to be taken from over 750m away. In 2008, standing in that same spot, I would have been *on* the glacier. Glaciers come and go naturally, but they are especially sensitive to change and our climate reality looks a little bleak. We can do better :)