Now in the Town of Fox Glacier (locals call it Fox) to do a Glacier walk up part of the Fox Glacier, arriving by bus you get in to town at 5.30pm so on to the backpackers to arrange bed and food. (PS shop at one of the larger settlements before Fox or Franz, if in on budget.). I should [...]

Just staying in Punakaiki over night, which gives me time to have a good look at the Pancake Rocks, and walkway at my own pace. The rocks are called the Pancake Rocks, because the lime stone that they are made out of has been laid down in layers of hard and soft rock, the erosion by [...]