From its origins high in the Southern Alps, the Franz Josef Glacier descends deep into the lush rainforest of Westland’s National Park, from a height of 2700m above sea level to only 240m in as little as 11 km, making it the worlds steepest and fastest flowing commercially guided glacier.
It is the rugged gradient of the Franz Josef Glacier that ensures guests enjoy the most dramatic glacier scenery available to the general public anywhere in the world.