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Fox Glacier

A glacier tumbling from the Southern Alps into rainforest, with heli-hikes onto the ice and mirror views at Lake Matheson.

Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0
Price
Free
Time Needed
2 hours

Why Go

A glacier tumbling from the Southern Alps into rainforest, with heli-hikes onto the ice and mirror views at Lake Matheson.

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