SDC10651

Glacier climbing and quad biking . .our version of extreme sports!

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June 14th 2009
A 6 hour drive through the most breathtaking scenery of snow capped mountains, glassy lakes and lush greenery of Arthurs Pass and we arrived at Franz Joseph. We booked ourselves into the wonderful Rainforest Retreat campground, fantastically equipped, even sporting a brill outside spa pool. A mere walk from the site and you are bowled over by the view of the glacier in the distance. "We're clim ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more