News

What a beautiful day we had yesterday for a Christmas paddle.  A full trip of keen paddlers hit the lake late morning yesterday,  thanks to our guides Jonny and Dale for giving up their Christmas morning for us! Here's a few trip photos ... Enjoy!

Happy holidays everyone!  Here's a video from the team at Franz Josef Tours - hopefully it will lighten up your Friday!...

  Lots has happened over the last month ... we've had complete change up in staff, 4 new Guides have all been trained up and are now ready to rock on the Lake!  Meet all our new guides, and have a look at some of our recent trips photos below! Goat is a...

    Franz Josef Tours & Glacier Country Campervan Park Since we share on office space together on the soon-to-be busy Cron St. we've decided to team up and offer COMBO-Deals to our customers that want to Park up & Paddle 🙂 Park n' Paddle COMBO-Deal...

Check it out ... we're ranked # 7 on the most Mind Blowing Lakes in NZ!  See the link below to see the list ... http://www.backpackerguide.nz/11-mind-blowing-lakes-in-new-zealand/ This photo's actually better I think ... but you need to get out on a kayak to enjoy...

Sunset paddles have begun with a bang this season, even though we've had some less than ideal spring weather conditions lately... we managed to get a beauty out this evening.  Lots of keen paddlers joined us to enjoy a misty evening cruise on Lake Mapourika! Currently...

Exciting news again this week, on the 5th of November we received welcomed news that the slip at Diana Falls near Haast has been stabilized and made safe for traffic to pass through single lane 24/7.  No more road closures!  This has come as great news right before...

Our small team at Franz Josef Tours is very happy to announce that we've officially received our Outdoors Mark Certificate after passing our Safety Audit this winter! Check us out on the NZ Adventure Activities Register below ... What does this mean for our clients?  ...

Follow the link below to see some photos of our move down Cron Street!  Come check out our new space @ 64 Cron St. across the street from the Glacier Hot Pools  (soon to be Glacier Base and Isite!)...