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The West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island is dramatic and impressive. Most people visiting this region come to visit the magnificent Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers which are two of the most accessible yet magnificent glaciers in the world.
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While most of the world’s glaciers are retreating, the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers are still flowing, nearly to sea level, which means they are the easiest glaciers in the world for people to visit. The Fox glacier is 13 kilometres in length, starting at 2600 metres high in the Southern Alps, while the Franz Josef is 10 km long.
To explore both these breath-taking glaciers there are numerous hikes, heli-hikes or scenic helicopter tours of the glaciers to choose from. To complete your adventure, enjoy a bathe in the Franz Josef Glacier hot pools, in their beautiful rainforest setting.
As well as the glaciers, this region has some incredible rock formations. Pancake Rocks in Punakaiki in the Paparoa National Park is an incredible sight to see – where layers of limestone formed over 30 million years ago have created a pancake-like formation through which the sea bursts through vertical blow holes during high tide.
Bird-enthusiasts will love the seaside town of Okarito, about 25 minutes’ drive north of Franz Josef. Take a kayak tour in the sheltered waters of the Okarito lagoon and watch the numerous wading birds in their natural feeding ground.
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Alexandra
Nick has been extremely patient and helpful, he has now found the right flights and accommodation for us flying from the UK to Cairo, in February.
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Michael
Laura has been very helpful in assisting us twice and responds quickly to our many queries. Our recent holiday to Lake Garda was a great success and we hope Madeira next year will prove likewise
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Deborah Christine
Excellent service from start to finish. Our hotel package was designed totally to our requirments. Matt was super efficient and was more than happy to go that extra mile to ensure our package was the best..i would definitely recommend eShores and i will be using them again in the future.
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Peter
Nick was a pleasure to deal with, He was patient and happy to make changes to our trip several times, I'd recommend dealing with him and eshores, Thanks nick
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Geoffrey
Have used E-Shores for years & always been very pleased. I have mainly booked all my trips with Dave, who has always been excellent & seems to go the extra mile in all my dealings with him. All the flights, hotels & transfers have run like clockwork. Fantastic service.
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Anonymous
Chris was excellent, patient and efficient.
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Paul
Booking process really good & Michelle was exceptionally helpful in getting the trip booked to our requirements
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Susan
As always Dave came back to us quickly. He has come up with everything we wanted for our holiday to Italy next June. He is so helpful. It’s such a pleasure to book through Eshores.
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Martyn Paul
My wife and I are independant travellers who did not want to be part of a larger tour group although we needed some help with the itinerary - flights, hotels, transfers etc. This is where eShores came in to the picture. I found the entire booking process to be a very positive experience primarily because we were assigned a dediacted travel advisor who remained with us as the sole point of contact throughout the entire process. Kelly was friendly, knowledgeable and responded back to any query promptly. We discussed some initial ideas over the phone and then she e-mailed me various options and we finally selected a trip to Cambodia and South Vietnam. Overall a brilliant service from Kelly and the eShores team (ps We are yet to take the trip but will report back on how the itinerary works out in practical terms when we head out in 2026)
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Helen
We have booked our honeymoon to Lake Como in Italy through eShores and Anna was brilliant, she found exactly what we wanted for better value for money than other webistes I came across, and made the whole experience so simple!
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Alexandra
Nick has been extremely patient and helpful, he has now found the right flights and accommodation for us flying from the UK to Cairo, in February.
Posted 1 day ago -
Michael
Laura has been very helpful in assisting us twice and responds quickly to our many queries. Our recent holiday to Lake Garda was a great success and we hope Madeira next year will prove likewise
Posted 3 days ago -
DeborahChristine
Excellent service from start to finish. Our hotel package was designed totally to our requirments. Matt was super efficient and was more than happy to go that extra mile to ensure our package was the best..i would definitely recommend eShores and i will be using them again in the future.
Posted 3 days ago -
Peter
Nick was a pleasure to deal with, He was patient and happy to make changes to our trip several times, I'd recommend dealing with him and eshores, Thanks nick
Posted 3 days ago -
Geoffrey
Have used E-Shores for years & always been very pleased. I have mainly booked all my trips with Dave, who has always been excellent & seems to go the extra mile in all my dealings with him. All the flights, hotels & transfers have run like clockwork. Fantastic service.
Posted 5 days ago -
Anonymous
Chris was excellent, patient and efficient.
Posted 5 days ago -
Paul
Booking process really good & Michelle was exceptionally helpful in getting the trip booked to our requirements
Posted 5 days ago -
Susan
As always Dave came back to us quickly. He has come up with everything we wanted for our holiday to Italy next June. He is so helpful. It’s such a pleasure to book through Eshores.
Posted 1 week ago -
MartynPaul
My wife and I are independant travellers who did not want to be part of a larger tour group although we needed some help with the itinerary - flights, hotels, transfers etc. This is where eShores came in to the picture. I found the entire booking process to be a very positive experience primarily because we were assigned a dediacted travel advisor who remained with us as the sole point of contact throughout the entire process. Kelly was friendly, knowledgeable and responded back to any query promptly. We discussed some initial ideas over the phone and then she e-mailed me various options and we finally selected a trip to Cambodia and South Vietnam. Overall a brilliant service from Kelly and the eShores team (ps We are yet to take the trip but will report back on how the itinerary works out in practical terms when we head out in 2026)
Posted 1 week ago -
Helen
We have booked our honeymoon to Lake Como in Italy through eShores and Anna was brilliant, she found exactly what we wanted for better value for money than other webistes I came across, and made the whole experience so simple!
Posted 1 week ago
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