We spent the night at great expense in the caravan park at Franz Josef and made good use of all facilites!! The next am , we were up early for our quick heliflight up the glacier and our walk on the ice, only to find that it was cancelled due to weather! We were gutted but put ourselves on standby for the nexty one 2hrs later. We decided to drive to the base of the glacier and do the base walk to use up some time. It was far dirtier than we thought but still very...

Hi Everyone Early start, drove to TeAnau. Beautiful trip through fiordland NP, with snow capped mountains. Arrived in Te Anau, parked van, jumped onto coach for trip to Milford Sound. Spectacular views, trip through 2.1 m tunnel (just higher than coach!) with traffic lights every 15 mins! Onto boat for 2hr cruise on Milford sound. Weather improved on the return journey, so scenery beautiful. Next day, was a laxy day. had a walk around Te Anau lake and did the gl...