About this guide

FranzJosefGlacierHike.com is an independent guide to walking and hiking at Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier on the West Coast of New Zealand. We are not Franz Josef Glacier Guides, Fox Glacier Guiding, any helicopter company, the Department of Conservation or Viator, and we do not run tours. The site name describes what we write about, not a business. For official track information, see the Department of Conservation and Glacier Country Tourism.

Facts here are checked against the operators' own websites, the live Viator listings (including recent guest reviews) and DOC track pages. Tracks close, prices move and glaciers keep retreating; when a listing and this page disagree, the listing at checkout wins, and when a track sign and this page disagree, the sign wins.

The site is funded by affiliate commissions: when you book through a Viator link here, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. That never changes what we recommend, including telling you that the valley walks are free and that no walking tour takes you onto the ice. Details on the affiliate disclosure page.

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