Franz Josef Glacier & Sentinel Rock

After a late-ish start, Trev and I went to see the glacier and found that the path to the glacier viewpoint (where, in 2016, I was able to walk across the valley and rivers to go to a much closerLes mer
After a late-ish start, Trev and I went to see the glacier and found that the path to the glacier viewpoint (where, in 2016, I was able to walk across the valley and rivers to go to a much closerLes mer
Our brilliant idea was to see if we can get our own helicopter ride to the glacier! Today was a beautiful sunny day and we hadn't booked any flights so we thought it was a bit of a longshot but weLes mer
We travelled from the heliport to the Middleton Glacier and landed there!! We walked on a glacier! We flew over the top of Franz Josef Glacier and saw the crevasses and ice caves. Such beauty!!! WeLes mer
We saw Rowi Kiwi's!! These are the rarest Kiwi's in the world with less than 600 in their population. We couldn't take photos as they are nocturnal creatures. So beautiful 💜💜💜💜
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Old growth forest and a beautiful turquoise blue glacial river 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵 This is perfect!!
This is the most north we are going on this trip 😀😀 These rocks are 35 million years old and I got to touch them!! Wooooo!! The rocks are eroding every day and no one knows for sure why theLes mer
This is so beautiful! We are back in the Southern Alps (my favourite place I think!) and it's perfect 💜
Our second last night in this amazing country and we are in the bar (named The Crafty Moa!)Les mer
We wanted to go to Mt Hutt to the ski area, however the road was closed, so we went to the Village instead for a little break 😀 Cute little village
We are staying at the Novatel Christchurch Airport and it's in a perfect location - right next to the airport. I saw a gorgeous Emirates A380 take off right in front of me 💜💜💜 We had a lovelyLes mer
Suzie Holland
View from Sentinel Rock