I don't know about you, but I always find this a tough one. You drive for miles with no glaciers and then all of a sudden two come along at once (well 25km apart). Which one to stay at for the night? Fox Glacier (yes, the town is called that as well as the ice formation) is a little further down the coast but can't match Franz Josef Glacier (ditto) for wacko name, also my guide book suggests you can get up close and personal with the ice at FJ but not Fox. It turns out to be the other way round, plus Fox looks the nicer town, plus it's close to Lake Matheson where once in a blue moon you get great views of Mount Tasman and Mount Cook on 'still and clear' early mornings. The large numbers of people coming back to the car park with oversize cameras and tripods tell me however I'm already too late to see the view (or the blue moon) by 7.30am as it's already clouded over.
It's not all one-sided though - Fox Glacier hasn't got a groovy bus-as-internet-cafe.
Note - in case you don't think the glacier looks very impressive, look at the size of the people in the pic.
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So that's where the 507 went!
Martin,
Don't worry about photo of Mount Cook from Franz Josef, we have several in family album from 2005 trip. You've got to get timing right, they were taken on one of the five days per year that it is still visible at midday.
Cheers,
Uncle Senileus
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