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The best way to explore Glacier Country! Travel through ever changing river bed, gloriously muddy grasslands and peaceful rainforest with stunning views of the Mountains and Franz Josef Glacier! A fantastic all weather activity, especially on those odd rainy days! Come play in the mud on our Two Seater, Automatic Quad Bikes!
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This is an informative and leisurely trip to the dynamic face of the glacier. It is here that the Fox River emerges from the ice and where ice collapses are often heard and seen. This trip is for people with limited time or for those who would find the walks onto the glacier too strenuous. Your guide may take you closer to the ice than the unguided public. This two hour trip is reasonably easy going.
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This is one of our most popular trip! It's a great eco-adventure and full of variety and interest. Outfitted with instep crampons specially designed for these ice conditions, you follow the ice steps cut by the guides. The route takes you onto the ice amongst crevasses and ice ridges and leads you onto the middle of the glacier for spectacular views of the icefall and lower glacier.
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The fly-in, fly-out Helihike combines the excitement of walking on the Fox Glacier with the thrill of helicopter flights. By flying in you are able to access and explore a part of the glacier that is otherwise very difficult to get to. This trip offers wonderful photographic opportunities. Each departure is a true voyage of exploration; there are so many changing features that the guides always find something new.
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Spend a day exploring the fascinating ice features and majestic pinnacles of the longest West Coast glacier. Outfitted with crampons specially designed for the area's seasonal ice conditions you will enjoy trekking to a high point of the glacier which overlooks towering ice pinnacles and spectacular seracs.
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A full day course introducing you to the exhilarating sport of ice climbing held amongst the spectacular ice walls in the lower part of the magnificent Fox Glacier. This adventure will give you an unforgettable insight into the vertical world where people meet mountains. There are many steep walls to challenge you and you will quickly master basic cramponing and ice axe techniques.
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Join us for the experience of a lifetime. We have operated scenic helicopter flights and snow landings above the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers for over 20 years. Our 4 and 6 passenger helicopters offer fantastic views of the majestic Southern Alps including Mt Cook and Mt Tasman, NZ's highest peaks; the Franz Josef, Fox and Tasman glaciers.
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Mount Cook Ski Planes is the only company licensed to land in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park on the Tasman Glacier, the longest glacier in New Zealand. All our landing flights give you the opportunity to experience the absolute stillness and solitude of the magnificent Southern Alps as the engine will shut down to experience the natural quiet.
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September heralds the return of the majestic White Heron, which can be viewed, in all it's pluming glory as it returns to its nesting sites in the swamp forests on the banks of the Waitangi Roto Stream. About 40 pair will converge on this secret little area and another season will begin! Royal Spoonbill and Little Black Shag also rear their young here.
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