Fox Glacier South Side Walk is a 4.2 mile out and back trail located near Whataroa, West Coast, New Zealand that offers scenic views and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking and walking.
Follow the south bank of the Fox River, through rainforest, to come to a glacier viewpoint.
February 26, 2021November 23, 2020Great walk on an easy walking well maintained track. Found some of signage a bit confusing though. There was a sign on the right on the way up that said 30 minutes to a Moraine which we mistook for an out and back track. Wrong. It actually loops around and reconnects with the main track further up. Well worth the diversion just don't do what we did and enter it at wrong point or you'll end up doing extra walking. Refer recording to view our mistake.
October 9, 2020June 19, 2020This should be the very first hike you do! It's small and introductory to the rain forrest around you in the Southern Alps. Don't even both if you've already been to Franz Joseph because you'll be disappointed. It is completely surrounded by forrest (which is boring but some find "boring")and the views are not much but you see a bit of the glacier.
April 6, 2020Awesome long walk: easy and great for all ages. Head to thick glacier as soon as you can as unfortunately it is slowly melting. Was a great experience if you’ve never seen a glacier before.
March 4, 2020Easy walk. Views at the end are are nice but nothing remarkable.
February 24, 2020the view that you get isn't that great. but it's pretty much the best you can get due to the many years of receding glacier.
February 21, 2020Assez facile à parcourir, le chemin est plaisant à découvrir mais toutefois un peu redondant... sous la pluie et beaucoup de nuage il a été impossible d'apercevoir le glacier mais le paysage reste très beau
January 21, 2020If it's a clear day then it's definitely worth walking past the first viewpoint all the way to the end of the track for the best views of the glacier.
January 12, 2020The Fox Glacier South Side Walk follows the south bank of the Fox River through ancient podocarp rainforest. Was an easy hike and worth the beautiful view of the forest.
January 10, 2020Jan. 11, 2020
November 23, 2019
First to ReviewGlacier was somewhat disappointing but the turn off to pass through the rainforest was v nice
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