Fox Glacier Guiding
Half Day Fox Glacier Walk
Departs: 9.15am & 1.45pm, 3.5-4 hour duration
Very popular tour, Moderate fitness and agility is required. Involves some steady, well-graded uphill walking for 45 minutes. Your guide leads you on a walk beside the river bed to our secret track which zig-zags slowly uphill for fourty-five minutes through ferns and regenerating temperate rainforest. From high on the track you enjoy fantastic views of the glacier and its upper and lower icefalls. From its high point, the track winds down to the edge of the ice. At this point, you are outfitted with instep crampons specially designed by Alpine Guides for these ice conditions and you follow the ice steps cut by the guides. The route takes you onto the ice amongst crevasses and ice ridges and leads you into the middle of the glacier for spectacular views of the icefall and lower glacier.
Request a Booking ($89 Adult $65 Child)
Fox Glacier Helihike
Departs: 9am, 12pm & 3pm Sep – Apr and 10.30am & 1.30pm May – Aug. Duration 3 hours
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. It is here, shunted between two ice falls, that the awesome glacier forces work hardest and often create spectacular ice caves and arches. 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. Some fitness and agility is required.
Request a Booking ($380 Adult/Child)
Fox or Franz Josef Glacier Helicopters
Glacier Snow Landing
Departs: Daily on demand and subject to weather. Approx. 20 minute trip (includes snow landing)
From sea level rising to the heart of the magnificent Southern Alps, this flight explores the icefalls on either the Franz Josef or Fox Glaciers. Experience the seclusion of a snow landing in this largely inaccessible alpine region.
Request a Booking ($195 Adult $136.50 Child)
Fox and Franz Josef Twin
Departs: Daily on demand and subject to weather. Approx. 30 minute trip (includes snow landing)
Explore the glacial icefalls of not one but two glaciers – Fox Glacier and Franz Josef Glacier. Discover up close their neve and unusual ice formations - landing on the snowfields is a highlight and will make for superb photos, snowballs and memories.
Request a Booking ($270 Adult $189 Child)