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West Coast · New Zealand
In the destination West Coast and the Glaciers.
In the photo: Franz Josef valley and village
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Franz Josef (Waiau) is a village of about 400 residents on Highway 6, roughly 5 km from the Franz Josef Glacier. It concentrates accommodation and services, departures for helicopter flights and guided glacier walks, and the wildlife centre where chicks of some of the rarest kiwi species are raised.
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The local experience
A roughly 12 km glacier that descends from the Southern Alps into the forest, 5 km from the village. Valley walk to a viewpoint, scenic flights and guided glacier walks that arrive by helicopter.
A centre in Franz Josef village that incubates eggs and raises rowi and Haast tokoeka kiwi chicks—two of the rarest kiwi species—for release into the wild. Exhibition about the programme and kiwis in a nocturnal environment.
