Guidebook for Franz Josef Glacier

Julie And Jonathan
Julie And Jonathan
Guidebook for Franz Josef Glacier

Food Scene

Try the venison or rack of lamb. The bar upstairs offers bar meals and pizza for more casual dining.
Blue Ice Cafe
12 Main Rd
Try the venison or rack of lamb. The bar upstairs offers bar meals and pizza for more casual dining.
Craft beer, Asian fusion food, and lively atmosphere.
18 habitants recommandent
SnakeBite Brewery
28 Main Rd
18 habitants recommandent
Craft beer, Asian fusion food, and lively atmosphere.
A great place ffor dining outdoors while looking up at the mountains.
8 habitants recommandent
Alice May
30 Cron St
8 habitants recommandent
A great place ffor dining outdoors while looking up at the mountains.
Guests are rating King Tiger highly for the delicious Thai and Indian food. The chefs are doing a great job 😋
8 habitants recommandent
King Tiger
70 Cron St
8 habitants recommandent
Guests are rating King Tiger highly for the delicious Thai and Indian food. The chefs are doing a great job 😋

Parks & Nature

Walk up to the glacier view point or take a helicopter for that ultimate scenic flight.
22 habitants recommandent
Franz Josef / Waiau
22 habitants recommandent
Walk up to the glacier view point or take a helicopter for that ultimate scenic flight.
Great walks and views of the mountains and the moodyTasman sea.
10 habitants recommandent
Okarito
10 habitants recommandent
Great walks and views of the mountains and the moodyTasman sea.
See the rare Okarito kiwi, rowi. The centre is part of the species enhancement program where kiwi eggs are being incubated and the kiwi chicks protected from predation that occures in their natural habitat. The juveniles are released back to the wild once big enough to fend for themselves, usually at one year old.
West Coast Wildlife Centre
Cowan Street
See the rare Okarito kiwi, rowi. The centre is part of the species enhancement program where kiwi eggs are being incubated and the kiwi chicks protected from predation that occures in their natural habitat. The juveniles are released back to the wild once big enough to fend for themselves, usually at one year old.
Franz Josef Wilderness Tours is a family-owned and operated business. Offering kayak tours and rentals, or scenic boat tours and fishing charters on Lake Mapourika. Lake Mapourika is a scenic gem on the wild West Coast, sitting in the warmer and drier section of the Franz Josef Glacier valley and makes up part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Explore the mirror-like water with a backdrop of the Southern Alps and Glaciers, you can even see as far as Mt Cook on a clear day!
Glacier Country Kayaks
63 Cron St
Franz Josef Wilderness Tours is a family-owned and operated business. Offering kayak tours and rentals, or scenic boat tours and fishing charters on Lake Mapourika. Lake Mapourika is a scenic gem on the wild West Coast, sitting in the warmer and drier section of the Franz Josef Glacier valley and makes up part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Explore the mirror-like water with a backdrop of the Southern Alps and Glaciers, you can even see as far as Mt Cook on a clear day!
Kayaking is by far the best way to enjoy the flora, fauna and scenic grandeur of New Zealand's largest unmodified coastal wetland. Previous experience is not necessary. Okarito Lagoon covers more than 3240 hectares of shallow open water and is well known for its outstanding avifauna (over 70 species of birds have been recorded here). The lagoon is a common feeding ground for kotuku (white heron) and royal spoonbill.
6 habitants recommandent
Okarito Kayaks
1 The Strand
6 habitants recommandent
Kayaking is by far the best way to enjoy the flora, fauna and scenic grandeur of New Zealand's largest unmodified coastal wetland. Previous experience is not necessary. Okarito Lagoon covers more than 3240 hectares of shallow open water and is well known for its outstanding avifauna (over 70 species of birds have been recorded here). The lagoon is a common feeding ground for kotuku (white heron) and royal spoonbill.

Essentials

Buy snacks.
Four Square Supermarket Franz Josef
24 Main Rd
Buy snacks.

Entertainment & Activities

Beautiful scenery surrounds you as you kick back and enjoy the warmth of glacier water.
Waiho Hot Tubs
64 Cron Street
Beautiful scenery surrounds you as you kick back and enjoy the warmth of glacier water.

Conseils sur la ville

Réservez avant de partir

Heli Hikes

We know the ins and outs of how to do this with our operators based here in Franz Josef so you do not need to provide any credit card details to book - we will do it all for you. Just give us plenty of warning. No extra fees for us to do it and it takes all the worry away from you. We check the weather, do the liaising and take the hassle out of it for you.