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Birds of a feather....
The beautiful white herons visit Okarito (just 27km from Franz Josef on the coast) up until April. This is their only breading ground in New Zealand.
Check out this awesome footage from one of our customers
A Franz Josef Glacier Guides tour group of number 22 supervised by number two guides witnessed a once in ten year rock fall event at the glacier at 3pm on Thursday.
Thankfully everyone involved is safe and well and we were very pleased at how our staff responded.
Playing in the Snow - Heli Hike site July 2011
Some amazing pictures from our heli hike site taken yesterday (14.07.11) 
Team G (irl) training
Once upon a not-quite-winter morning, four intrepid females and their two mentors awaited the arrival of the roaring machine that would transport them to their next adventure...
Hard Ice Guide Training
“Hard Ice Guide” (HIG) is a certification created by the New Zealand Mountain Guides Association to recognise a Guide who has the ability and specialist skills required to provide a safe, informative glacier guiding service. Recognised internationally, a Glacier Guide with this qualification under their belt is amongst the best in the industry. So when I was asked if I wanted to try for HIG, I was a bit nervous.
Womens Ice Climbing Course
Time is running out to be a part of this fantastic course designed to give ladies the opportunity to have an introduction to the sport of Ice Climbing.
Spaces are limited, and filling up fast for the first course on the 14-16 May!
The idea behind getting women together in this environment is to have some fun with like minded individuals. While the focus is on ice climbing, there is plenty of time to enjoy some fo the highlights of the Franz Josef area.
Click here for more information.
Open for business!
When Tourism New Zealand gave the shout out for some images of fantastic NZ activities showing that they are OPEN for business, Franz Josef Glacier Guides gladly answered the call.
With the help of some of our franztastic *groan* visitors, this is what we came up with.
Check out all the pics on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/FranzJosefGlacierGuides
Earthquakes
Right now our thoughts are with all of those in Christchurch. It's so shocking to see the events unfold on the TV and we can't help but sympathize with our 'mates over the hill'.
We are up and running as normal, there has been little to no shift in our ice and all trips have run to time today.
Currently our emails are not working - please contact us via phone on 0800 GUIDES or 03 752 0763.