Franz Josef Glacier

Franz Josef Glacier

Franz Josef Glacier was discovered by an Austrian and named after the Austrian Emperor of that time. It's one of the largest Glaciers in New Zealand, a land of many glaciers. It has a small resort community which exists because of it.

It's an impressive glacier, even from the distance we observed it from. After viewing Franz Josef from many different angles, we drove around the mountain range and visited Fox Glacier. It's a little smaller than Franz Josef, but still an interesting site.

Pix of FranzJosefGlacier to Queenstown

We left Franz Josef pretty early in the morning to make the long drive to Queenstown. Driving is a bit slower down here, roads are curvy, and there are a lot of single lane bridges, so you can't go too fast.