• Visit the Fox Glacier. Located 6km from the town center, a 2 hour walk round trip or 10 minute drive.
  • Take a guided trip. Contact 'Fox Glacier Guiding' [1], the most experienced New Zealand glacier guiding company, offering trips onto the longest and least crowded West Coast glacier. For information on their Half-Day, Helihike, All-day, Terminal Face Walks, Ice-Climbing, or even Overnight packages, please vist their website www.foxguides.co.nz or phone 751 0825 or 0800 111 600.
  • Take an unguided trip. From the parking lot, walk the on a track right up to the face of the glacier. This track can be cumbersome in places, requiring balance to scramble down slick rocks. 1 hour round trip.
  • Take a helicopter flight. Several helicopter services operate out of Fox Glacier Township and offer breathtaking flights over the glacier, weather permitting.
• Skydive. This is probably the best place in New Zealand to do this activity thanks to its amazing scenery. Tandom jump with Skydive New Zealand [2], 0800 751 0080, prices between NZ$225 and NZ$500 depending on height and options.
• Glow Worm Forest Walk, 751 0711.

Whitewater Rafting

• Whataroa & Perth Rivers. 20 minutes north of Franz Josef are two of the best one-day whitewater rafting runs anywhere on the planet. Total wilderness experience, awesome Class IV & V rapids, and stunning scenery. Accessible by helicopter only. Rivers Wild [3] 0800-GO-WILD (in NZ) or +64-21-748-371 (overseas)

Tramping

• Minnehaha Walk. A 20 minute round trip through the rainforest on the outskirts of town.
• Moraine Walk. Located along Glacier View Road, tramp over moraine surface into native bush for a 40 minute round trip.
• Chalet Lookout Walk. 1 hour 15 minute round trip with a stream crossing to find a beautiful lookout point over the Fox glacier. Track starts at the car park at the end of Glacier View Road.
• Mount Fox Track. 8 hour round trip tramp on a steep marked route through to alpine grasslands that afford views of the mountains, glacier, and the coastline. Start from the parking area on State Highway 6 just south of town.
• Copland Track - Welcome Flat. A 6 to 8 hour tramp one way to the Welcome Flat Hot pools. Start the track 20 minutes south of town. Transporation available through Intercity and Atomic Shuttles.

• Lake Matheson. Located five minutes' drive from Fox township. Take the 1 hour 30 minute walk around the lake to see the beautiful reflection of Aoraki/Mt Cook and Mt Tasman. The track is well maintained, and there are boardwalks and specially made platforms for getting the right angle for your pictures.
• Gillespies Beach. An 11km drive down a twisting unsealed road through a rimu rainforest leads you to a camping area. From here, walk a few km more and you'll find yourself on a black sand/quartz pebble beach on the Tasman Sea. Near the beach entrance is the rusted and overgrown historic gold dredge. Several km up the beach you can visit a seal colony. It is a 3 hour round trip walk to the seal colony.
• Fox Glacier. Walk along the river valley floor to the Terminal Face, take a guided walk or helihike onto the glacier itself with Fox Glacier Guiding or fly over it by helicopter.
• View the mountain peaks. Drive 10km south of the township past Lake Matheson to the best view of the peaks of Aoraki/Mt Cook and Mt Tasman.

• State Highway 6
  • From the South, enter through the Haast Pass and the Gates of Haast from Wanaka.
  • From the North, travel from Greymouth, Hokitika and Franz Joseph Glacier.

When you arrive at Fox Glacier you immediately feel relaxed in its intimate, village atmosphere. It has a stunning outlook across surrounding farms and offers breathtaking views of New Zealand’s highest peaks Aoraki (Mt Cook) and Mt Tasman. Tucked discreetly into the rainforest-clad foothills of the Southern Alps, the town was founded when gold was discovered. The township is small and all accommodation is within walking distance to the town centre.

• Souvenirs and gifts, Ph 03 751 0825, [4]]. The Hobnail Shop in the Fox Glacier Guiding Building on the Main Rd offers a great variety of affordable gifts. Travellers often comment that this is one of the most charming shops that they have come across in the country.
• Stamps and Postage available from the friendly staff at the Fox Glacier Building.
• Foreign Currency Exchange available at the Fox Glacier Guiding Building on the Main Rd.
• Gasoline. There is a gas (petrol) station located on State Highway 6 within the Fox Glacier Township.
• General Supplies. The general store is located on State Highway 6 between Cafe Neve and the Glacier Country Hotel.

• Hobnail Cafe, State Highway 6, 751 0005. Located in the Fox Glacier Guiding Building. Cosy atmosphere and serving delicious breakfasts and lunches.
• Cook Saddle Cafe and Saloon, State Highway 6, 751 0700. Serving lunch and dinner indoors or out. Family friendly and full of local history.
• The Plateau Cafe and Bar, Sullivan Road, 751 0058.
• Cafe Neve, State Highway 6, 751 0110.
• Matheson Cafe, 751 0878. At the Lake Matheson car park.
• Fox Glacier Inn, Sullivan Road, 0064 3 751 0022. A family restaurant serving a delicious carvery.
• Fox Glacier Resort Hotel, 751 0839.
• Glacier Country Hotel, State Highway 6, 751 0847.
• High Peaks bar and Restaurant, Cook Flat Road - Lake Matheson Road, 751 0804. Located at the A1 Fox Glacier Motels.
• Parigna Cafe, 751 0894.
• The Salmon Farm Cafe, 751 0837.

At any of the above restaurants, cafes and bars.