Franz Josef & Fox Glacier | South Island, New Zealand Vlog 5/5
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- In this final South Island road trip vlog, we made our way from Wanaka over to Glacier Country in hopes of seeing Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier. The drive there was super awesome as it was raining so gushing waterfalls were in full force all along our route.
Our Airbnb was a private room in Takoha and Simon's home located in Franz Josef Glacier. It's a very short drive to Franz Josef Glacier from their accommodation as well as restaurants, a convenience store and some other local attractions. It's also only a 30 min drive to Fox Glacier too placing it in a great location. Warm, friendly hosts and shared spaces to enjoy with other guests in their lovely home too.
Takoha & Simon's Airbnb
www.airbnb.co.nz/rooms/17424866
Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier are two of the most accessible glaciers around but sadly because of climate change and global warming, they have retreated significantly over the years making it much more difficult to see these incredible natural wonders.
There are still a few ways to see Franz Josef and Fox Glacier though. From Heli-hikes that take you on scenic flights to the glaciers and land on them so you can actually walk on them, to ice-climbs even. These activities are pretty pricey (although special once-in-a-lifetime kind of awesomeness we're sure) but if you don't have the funds to splash out, there are a few free options to see the glaciers too, which is what we did.
Beware the weather can be quite temperamental so it can be sunny then raining the very next moment! It happened to us a few times but thankfully we were able to visit both Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier too over the 3 days we stayed there.
A fantastic spot to see Fox Glacier from a distance that we highly recommend (and was recommended to us) is Peak Viewpoint near Gillespies Beach Rd (a turn from Cook Flat Rd). We had a brilliantly clear day to admire Fox Glacier from afar.
We also did a short walk at Lake Matheson called Jetty Lookout before we went to do the Fox Glacier Valley Walk. On a very still day you can get a brilliant reflection of Mt Cook and Mt Tasman on the glacial lake but unfortunately we didn't have that during the time we visited!
The Fox Glacier Valley walk was a much quicker hike than expected but we preferred the "peak viewpoint" overall.
We hope you've enjoyed our 5 part South Island, New Zealand road trip vlogs and got some ideas for things to see and do in the South Island of NZ.
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VLOG DATE: 26-28 Oct 2020
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You guys are brilliant at what you do. Lovely easy watching, and beautifully captured. Have a great Christmas, and look forward to seeing your future adventures (can't wait for those borders to open!) Cheers
Couldn’t agree more! 🙌
Thank you so much guys! ❤️❤️❤️🙂 Such a lovely message to read 🥰 makes our day! Wishing you a very happy holiday season too 🎄 hope our borders can reopen soon as well! 🤞
End of South Island road trip🥲 Aw man.. that was an awesome few weeks... amazing sights! Thanks for taking us along (and for Peter driving hours on end/Yen enduring those hours of potential car sickness 🤢). Definitely sad to see the things happening to this 🌏 but hopefully we can turn this mess around.. safe travels and thanks! Was an awesome series!
Thanks so much Seoul Man for tuning in week after week to watch our videos too 🥰 Hope we can visit you in Korea one of these days (or you to NZ 😉) wherever really would be cool haha 😆 Have an awesome week ahead! 👋🙂
@@PeterandYen sounds like a plan:) 🇰🇷 🇳🇿 or.....🇹🇭?
Ooo yes!! 😁🙌 I love how you think 😉👌
nice air bnb there nice glacier and waterfall but yeah they are melting shame nasty weather your having at times some great views cool bridge there
*👀fully viewed👀👍Au👍thumbs up like*
Yea such a shame.. would've been amazing back in the day when they were still close and massive! Don't know how long they'll be around for still..
Even cloud the landscape is epic!!
Ikr?! So many low hanging clouds.. looks awesome 😍😍
Super cute Airbnb! Loved that kitchen and the living room! So spacious! Thank you always for your stays tours 😉
It was a lovely Airbnb and our hosts were super friendly too 🥰 we enjoy including our stays where we can!
that bed looks inviting & comfy to lounge on a rainy day - great vlog
The airbnb was a nice cosy lil place to stay for our 3 nights in glacier country 😊
Absolutely breathtaking! 😍. Thanks for such a great journey and hikes to explore! ✌💕
Don't get to see a glacier everyday huh especially two of them! 😁🤩 Glad you enjoyed the videos Daisy ❤️ hope you have a wonderful week ahead!
Such beautiful scenery of the South Island, great series guys ! Well done.
Thanks Dad 😁
Such a beautiful place we have aye... Makes we wanna visit it so bad now and thanks for sharing with us!
Thanks guys! Pretty incredible plus just dunno how long they'll still be around for ay. Shocking how much of it has disappeared even in the last 10-20 years!
The joy of New Zealand weather, changeable, rain and stunning scenery that doesn't always cooperate with the desire to view it 😀. Another top notch video guys!
Hahaha exactly! We were lucky we managed to see both glaciers in the end 🙂👍 Thanks Daryl 👋😁💞
Like the rustic wood interior of the AirBnb. Fits the weather and vibe too - feels warming and comfortable coming in from the rainy weather
Yea it suited its name since their place is surrounded by native trees too so really did feel like a tree house 😁💚🌲 Def was a great shelter from the rain!
Wow, I've seen pics of this glacier before but never knew it was in New Zealand! Great job with the different views. Your videos are always very informative.
Thank you George! It was the first time seeing a glacier for me (Yen). It was incredible but hard to capture with our camera and also sad that it's so much smaller now though compared to what it use to be! Might not even be around anymore in a few years unfortunately.
Can’t wait to visit these glaciers end of this month! Like finally after the restrictions had been lifted for tourists ❤ Thanks, Peter and Yen for your vlog 🎉
No worries hope you have an amazing trip 😁🇳🇿🤙 thanks for watching our videos
Great lot of video's, have been very helpful with us planning our road trip around New Zealand later this year . Been over 20 years since last visited NZ so be interesting to see how it changed over the years .
Thank you glad they've been useful for you. New Zealand has changed a lot over the last 20 years, do let us know how you get along once you're traveling around 😁
Yes when the sun clears the view 👌 mint man - quintessential
We were glad patience paid off! 🙂
Nice that the Airbnb introduces people who stays there to know more about NZ like calls the room with NZ bird. raining always challenging especially when recording but glad that the rain has stopped.
😅 we were glad too hahahaha otherwise would have been a vlog disaster 😂
A helicopter above the glacier would be quite an experience just like when you did queens town
Yea I bet! I picture it to be very snowy and big caves with large sections of blue ice everywhere 🤩❄️
Such beautiful sceneries...love it.
More places to add to your NZ travel bucket list mum? 🙂❤️
Love to watch your videos. Looking forward to watch more
Thanks Azua! Glad you enjoy our videos 😊💞
Thanks Crew, loved the South Island tour.
Thanks Rob! Glad you enjoyed it! We need to make more trips to the South Island.. still plenty more to see 🙂👍
The airbnb is so cute! Love all the bird decorations and how the rooms are named after birds 😍
Lil touch but we really liked it too, they had cool picture books about the birds of New Zealand too 😁👌
Lovely video guys, love the decor and the woody feel haha
Cheers mate glad you enjoyed the wood 😁😂
Yen smiles with her eyes 😍 Peter you are so lucky. Love you both 🧡
Hahaha you're right Dani I am a lucky man to have yen 😊✌❤
The Peakpoint view is amazing! we enjoyed the series guys! can't wait for the next series :)
Thanks for watching until the next one 👍
The views of the glaciers from the second location were so epic!!
😁👍 we were a lil worried at first but turned out to be an awesome stop off best views of the glacier for sure.
Ohhhhh, my home!! You guys are funny, great video I enjoyed it. Rain, rain, rain, rain... you're in a rainforest, that's what happens. The weather is unpredictable, the thunderstorms and lightening are spectacular! But when we get our summer, it gets pretty hot and we all head for the lake. Or some of us brave the meltwater of the glacier and jump in the waiho!!
Ooo wow did you grow up here? That must have been amazing. Such a unique part of New Zealand 🇳🇿 I think the rain made the drive over the most jaw droppingly beautiful drive we've ever done. Plus it managed to clear up to see the glaciers anyway hahaha. Swimming in the melt water sounds awesome!!
Love the view behind you with the glaciers slowly making an appearance behind the clouds
We had to wait for agesss to see it come out hahaha 😅 but even just cloud watching was cool coz they were so low hanging! The glacier popped out for only a few short moments lol 😆
Great travel advice. We would love to see that glacier!!! Hahah. We love a good moss too Peter:)
😁 hard to beat a good moss huh 😂🌿
Mini forest is really cool. Peter the giant! 😂
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I can totally relate to the emotions you felt about the glaciers. I first saw them in 2006 then again in 2015. It broke my heart to see the dramatic change. We hear about climate change all the time, but seeing real evidence of it was a bit of a wake up call. It affected me so much that I've since dramatically changed my lifestyle and my diet. I've also quit being a dentist to study environmental science. My hope is that my children will still get to see the glaciers 💪💚 Thank you for the brilliant content as always. I love your energy, your videos always bring a smile to my face 😊
Wow that's such a huge change in your life going from dentist to environmental science. Good on you for caring enough about our planet for doing that. Appreciate you sharing that with us and yes every lil bit helps from recycling to being a bit more thoughtful on what you're buying. Lil by lil hopefully it all builds up and makes significant changes 🤞
Stunning views on your drive! Love the Airbnb, it looks super kiwi 😊 So cool seeing the glacier, sad that it’s declining in size though 🙁. Love how you guys are adding so much to my NZ list of things to see and do 😄. The second view point is cool! Interesting looking moss.
Thanks Lana! It was cool to see the glaciers but yea so sad how they've retreated so much. Must've been insanely impressive years ago when it was so big!
I need to head back to Nz to see these glaciers before its too late. Damn these travel restrictions 😪😪 thanks for sharing. It was great to see these sights of the south island
Where's the closest glacier for you Chandy? It's good for more people to see it and realise how much they've melted and at such an alarmingly fast rate that they can't replenish themselves. Maybe then it'll motivate more and more people to make a change coz even individual effort on a big scale can make a difference ❤️🌏
That sucks that the weather wasn't on your side on Day 2.. and the start of Day 3 looks ok (so far). Peak Point was so stunning, and love that thing you use to line up the mountains. They have a similar one at the Minarets in Mammoth Lakes. It's really cool. The moss all around is really pretty, and we agree your first vantage point was really great!! Thanks for taking us on this awesome adventure and we always love where you are traveling to! Love you guys to the mother effin' moon! :)
Thanks girls! That peak view was the best! It was amazing to see it on the drive coz we drove further and further away and then boom! Out pops the glacier seemingly outta nowhere haha Peter couldn't see it coz he was driving but I could by looking out my window 😁 he saw it on the drive towards it later though 👍👍🙂❤️
We love you guys and your vlogs of the South island! Another epic video cheers to celebrating 🥝 kiwi travel destinations you guys rock! Can't wait to see more.
We have hooked up with Destination Marlborough for some of our own videos upcoming Summer in Marlborough.
Thanks so much for inspiring us!
Thank you guys! 🥰 Oh cool that sounds awesome! Hope you have a fantastic time 😊 What have you got planned for your time there?
Yooo big ups all the way friends ! Merry Christmas !! 🎄🎄🎄
Thanks guys! Merry Christmas to you too! Can't believe it's almost Christmas again 😳
So true the weather definitely means some nice looking dramatic shots
Couldn't capture all of them coz they were just popping out everywhere and too shakey holding the camera haha but it was so cool seeing the gushing falls all around 🤩😍
Great video. Cool scenery and nature, Peter & Yen
Thanks Thu! Very cool 😁🏔️ Ice cold 😆😉
It’s On My Bucket List!..My Hubby Has Maori Land Here That We Have Never Viewed!..Looks Like It Would Be a Scenic Trip 2 Go On!
Oooo that's so cool def worth the trip to check out the land 🌿👍
Absolutely love seeing all those waterfalls as you drive. Not sure how scared I would have been if I was in that car though, I am a scary cat lol.
Airbnb is si cute, cabin style! so awesome, and breakfast included? That is a treat.
Walking to the glacier a bit more. Yes, all the glaciers are melting at a rapid tie, we were happy to know there was 1 glacier in Alaska that is one of the only ones that aren't melting, and instead, gaining space.
Hahaha yea Peter had to keep his eyes on the road but I was free to oooo and ahhh at all the gushing waterfalls! 😆 There were so many just gushing down to the left and right of us! Didn't capture it all on camera coz hard to but definitely the most dramatic scenic drive we've probably had lol 😁 Ooo wow what's that Alaskan glacier called? Is it a mountain glacier too or another type? 😮
@@PeterandYen the hubbard glacier. It's in one of our 2019 videos, you guys watched it but it's so hard to remember everything we watch and hear.
Thanks guys for showing us this beauty of NZ!
Aw nice! Might've been one that Peter watched on his own coz I don't remember it.. definitely would if I watched it coz must be incredible 😍 Will need to go look it up! 🙂🙌
@@PeterandYen we were so happy to learn that about the Hubbard glacier because the mendenhall glacier is shrinking so much, in a few years it won't be seen 🥺
It's just crazy huh? To think that in a few years some of these incredible natural wonders that play a vital role in controlling our planet's temperature, and providing fresh water etc could just suddenly disappear 😐
Glad you guys get to see the glacier! Heli snow landing is defnitely cheaper, and no hiking needed - yup sold to that! Omg that epic glacier!! The moss looks like a hobbit's forest, and Peter & Yen are the Giants :P You guys are like chasing Glaciers! Love your South Island vlog guys, what an amazing journey!
😁 thanks guys hope you both enjoyed it. Maybe one day y'all can come visit here yourselves. The moss was so cool I'm such a sucker for moss 😂🌿
Great journey.
It was! 😊👍 We had a great time on our South Island trip and hope you enjoyed it too 🙂
Oh, some friends of ours stayed in that area recently! Love the idea of the treehouse, so perfect. That's crazy how much the world is changing indeed, but at least you guys were able to see that Glacier.That view at 6:07 is pretty darn impressive though. We really enjoyed this trip guys. Really hope we can make this trip ourselves oneday.
Hope you guys can visit some time too! It's such a confronting reality seeing images of how the glaciers use to look and what they look like present day. Melting so fast they can't replenish themselves and considering the roles they play for our planet it's quite the startling realisation that we just all have to do better and play our parts in reducing our carbon footprints but so do businesses too 🤞🌏
Great stuff
Thanks Ronit! 🙂👋
Stumbled upon your page and we are loving the content! New friends here ^_^
The views were insane and looked so stunning :) hoping to visit New Zealand in the near future once borders open back up!
Thanks guys! Yea NZ has a lot of incredible different scenery and mostly relatively easy to access which makes it a great place to travel around 🙂 Hope you can visit here eventually too 👋🇳🇿😁
Wow guys, what a location to visit! I liked the final view point most from the forest of trees covered in a skin of moss around their trunks! I’m hoping to be down there by March 2021 🤩!! Where to next for you two!?
Oooo March 2021 isn't too far away at all!! 😁👍👍 Best of luck 🍀 Where are you headed here from? The next vlog we did a day trip up north to this place called Gibbs Farm. It's private land opened to the public only once or twice each month but we finally got tickets to visit it! 😁👍
So happy that it stopped raining on the third day! With weather challenges, you two managed to put together an informative, fun and incredible vlog! Thanks! Where are you two planning next for your getaway?
Thanks Ray 😊🙏 we were lucky to get the rain on the drive up cause the waterfalls around you are just spectacular. Noticeably different on the sunny drive back. I knew to plan a few extra nights stay here cause the west coast is so unpredictable. We've got a few day trips from Auckland coming up in the videos. But lately been enjoying a bit of a break dog sitting for my parents 😁
Wow, I'm surprised at how far back the glaciers are now. I saw them in 1988, when they were relatively easy to see on a rare rainless day (the West Coast gets around 10m of rain per annum - that's 10,000mm, or for those still using feet: 32' 9" (393") Of. Rain. Every. Year.
They would've still looked really impressive back in 1988 I bet! We were shocked to see just how little of Franz Josef glacier was left given that it use to go right up to that roped off area we were standing at 🙁
Liked the moss miniature forest giant moment 😁
Hahah Peter just loves moss 🤣💚🌲🦖🦕
Yay!! cows! How much I love seeing cows 😍😍
Indeed that looks like a little forest.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Like you are giant hahaha
Lieles says that is a lot of walking lol
Haha you'll probably like our next vlog then.. saw some highland cows and Texas long horns really up close! Yea we tend to walk quite a bit on our trips! Great way to stay fit and enjoy views at the same time! 😁👍🦖🌳
@@PeterandYen that's right, and that's why I always drag him lol
Haha good job Maria! 😁👍
Hey Peter and Yen!! That's so awesome you guys are checking out this Glacier area.. and WOW... the water falls all around you!! So amazing and intense. Love your AirBnB today. That's cool you got a room at this place. So cute. Nice that breakfast is included at $50 USD/night is definitely affordable. That really sucks that the glacier has retreated a lot. Global warming IS a real thing, and it's so important that everyone reduce their carbon footprint.
Yea good value Airbnb with lovely friendly hosts too 🙂 it does suck ay the glaciers melting so fast globally. It's a very confronting reality seeing what they use to be like and what they are today. Considering their role of what they do for the planet, hopefully we can turn things around 🤞🌏
From Perth to Christchurch, Fox Glacier, Lake Hawea, Mount Cook, Wanaka, Queenstown, Te Anau, Milford Sound, Queenstown and Perth in September 2022 to October 2022. So excited the NZ-Australia travel bubble is open!!!!
That sounds like an incredible trip! Hope you have an awesome time 👍
Yen is always a great “Peter and Yen’s Cribs” guide for your AirBnb tours
Hahaha thanks Greg 😆😆 I try my best 😆
Lesh go!! did someone say free? Another awesome video
Haha thank you! Would've been awesome to do the helihike but maybe next time 🤞 good to see what the free walks offer too 😁
I enjoyed every single video you have for nz! Wee! Keep it coming. Peter, maybe you could do a video on how to get a driving license in Nz , cost and the processs? Hehe😅
Hahaha dunno about making that a video but it's quite easy, you sit a practical test to get your learners, then sit your restricted and after a few months you'll be eligible to sit your full. You can find all the details on costs etc here www.nzta.govt.nz/driver-licences/
Hi, Peter and Yen , when i went there in year 2001. It was still at ground level the glacier reached.
Things have changed a lot these last 20 years 😢
Nice video guys
Thank you Bennet! Glad you enjoyed it 😁👋
Hey awesome peoples 😎 !. Great video as always and typical west coast weather ! Try doing it on a motorbike ..lol...I discovered a new meaning of wet. Glaciers melting away...share your feelings of sadness and if you have time check out the song by Oceanlab...'Miracle'. Great meaning in this song and even though released in 2008 they knew exactly what the future holds. Wifey and I just finished an epic Abel tasman trip including kayaking...beautiful part of the country ❤. Stay awesome out there guys 👦 👧. Kia kaha Mototoboy x x x.
Hey mo totoboy! 😁👋 Oh man that must've been an insane ride doing it on a motorbike!! Would've been pretty dangerous too I imagine since the roads are wet and windy! Cheers for the recommendation, we'll check it out! And yes we hope that by showing how much and how alarmingly fast the glaciers have melted it'll help people to realise we gotta make a change and every small bit counts. Individual changes on a large scale can make a difference but we also need the big corporations to do their part too and be more environmentally responsible. Change like this is exceptionally slow but hope it'll snowball (excuse the pun!) And gain a momentum that'll make a difference in not destroying our planet ❤️🌏 Abel Tasman and kayaking nice! Glad you had a wonderful time 🙂👍👍 take care and have an awesome weekend! Thanks for always watching and supporting our channel 😁👋
Hey Peter 👋, exactly...well said !. Just uploaded some drone shots of our trip. Check it out if your interested 😃....you still got your drone ?...not much aerial footage in your videos lately but lot of places restrict flying aye.
Cheers mate will check it out 👍 yea strict drone rules in the South Island especially so we just didn't bother to even take it with us this trip. Almost every place no drones allowed 😅
Haha I also thing that "little mini forest" about moss 😂😂
Hahaha do you pretend to be a giant too? 😆😆🦖🌲
oow raining again! it's actually happened to us when we're in Suzhou and had to changed plan.
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You might not believe it. I am learning English from your vedios cause they make me relax. 😄
Hiya Nebula 🙂👋 That's wonderful that our videos can help you learn English! 😁 Where are you from?
@@PeterandYen I'm from China. I've been NZ for 8 years, but my English is still not authenic enough. I take notes and repeat every single sentences what you said. I found it very helpful. Plz keep up the good work. Thanks YOU LOVELY COUPLE.
@@nebulaz1924 that's amazing! Love the commitment 😊👍 we just created a Xiaohongshu account.. have you heard of it? We're hoping to get some of our videos translated and posted to there! Maybe next week 😁🤞 www.xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/5fc481c5000000000101d6b8 not sure if it'll work out but if it does maybe it can help with your English practice too 😊
@@PeterandYen Yes, of courese I knew Xiaohongshu. I use it sometimes. Looking forwards to your new vedios there. 😄
Oh great hahaha we didn't realise it was so popular! We had to get some help setting it up and currently waiting for one of our videos to be translated but if the person does it well we'll hopefully get him to do more and then start posting to our account 😁 It seems like a great app!
This is definitely a really porshe treehouse :P $50 USD a night, we can't even get that price here in Malaysia for this kind of stay and view!
😁 it is really good value, it's a shared room though so normally these are a bit cheaper.
In 2008-2009, my brother lived in Wanaka for just over 6 months to learn how to fly helicopters (apparently, it was cheaper to live in NZ for 6 months and learn how to fly there than to take the same lessons here in Europe, but really he did it to get a good taste of New Zealand). He flew us very close to one of the glaciers there (don't ask me which one). Very impressive to see them from up close.
Then again, it feels kind of silly to use a CO2-spewing device to have a closer look at a glacier that is melting because of global warming...
Here's to hoping electric planes and helicopters quickly become usable!
Anyway, thanks again for the lovely video! Love it!
Wow must be really expensive for lessons in Europe! 😮 What an amazing experience it must've been to fly close to the glaciers though! We've seen photos and videos of people on the glaciers too, it does look incredible 🙂 Electric planes and helicopters would be brilliant.. with electric cars, busses and bikes already here's hoping for a cleaner future soon 🤞 Btw congrats again on your wedding soon Bert!! Best wishes to you and hope you have a beautiful day and blessed marriage ❤️❤️🙂🥰
@@PeterandYen Everything is expensive in Belgium. Whenever I see the prices you mention for food or places you visit in NZ, I'm always surprised at how cheap everything is.
Cheers for the congrats! :)
It's a nice way to chase away the lockdown loneliness for a moment .
Wow even more expensive in Belgium? 😱 We'll have to really save up if we visit there one day 😅😅
If you come to Belgium, I'll save you guys at least one meal by inviting you for dinner ;)
Aww thanks Bert! 😁❤️👍👍
Miss nz so much
Hope you'll be able to return when our borders eventually open again 🤞🇳🇿
Tiny trees, It feel like i am a giant - peter is a giant 😱
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Hi! Loved watching your vlogs. What is the name of this place please? House is so cozy. We want this house for our upcoming trip to franz josef.
Hi Marilyn check the description we leave all the details there 😉
Very nice video. But I always find it too short. 😁 Can't wait to see more videos from you. Oh and your success story, you said you will do a video about your portfolio???
Thank you 😁✌ usually the videos are a lil longer but for this one we had too much bad weather hahaha. Oooo yes ok might need to get back to making that portfolio video 🤙
I'm obviously a little late viewing this, but I had a question about the Fox Glacier valley walk... I thought I had read recently that this walk is now permanently closed due to a slip. Is this truly the case? I had planned on doing this walk on my next visit there. Beautiful footage in your video, though!
Hiya Jennifer, sorry we're not sure! We went quite awhile ago.. hopefully someone else that has gone more recently might be able to shed some light if they come across your question 🤞🤞
What an awesome trip to see glaciers for free!
It's so sad to see they have retreated so quickly over the years.
Global warming is indeed real :(
Still looking majestic though from far away. Hoping to get a heli ride one day above the glacier.
It would be epic!!
That would be epic!! Landing and walking on them would be incredible too I bet.. see that beautiful pure blue ice! 💙🏔️🙂 But yea it was really crazy standing there at the ropes and knowing how massive the glacier use to be having been able to reach the ropes and now it's almost all disappeared.
It's so sad to see how things are affected by global warming and in such a relatively small amount of time! but the views of the glacier were still very pretty 😃
Yeah it's terrible, was really shocked to see the difference 😐
Oh man I went to the glacier in the 90s as well 😟 Global warming is such a thing 😰
Yea we can't believe there are people that still don't believe in global warming or climate change when there are so many documentaries that show its effects on the planet. Seeing it with own eyes is really saddening! 🙁
Any idea if i can fly a drone in this area?
No drones for sure.. too close and dangerous with all the helicopters that do the scenic flights. South Island has extra strict drone rules so we didn't even bother to bring ours on this trip!
Yen airbnb tour host always 😬😬🙏
Haha maybe it's time for Peter to do it again 😜
3rd 😁
It looks like you were actually first Yasir! You're the first comment we can see for this video 😁👍 I believe this therefore belongs to you! 🥇🏆
hi peter and yen, sorry i missed the name of this Airbnb. we are planning to go next month. can you type the name of Airbnb
Hi Sohan the link to the Airbnb is in our video description 👍
what month was it?
We were there in late October 🙂 we usually pop the vlog date in our video descriptions ✌️
Thanks! Heading there exactly end of Oct this year 😊