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Re: K20 adventure thread
Day six continued
After some lunch back at our accommodation we drove out to the Franz Josef glacier. I don’t know what I was expecting, but it certainly passed all expectations and was the highlight of the trip so far. It takes roughly 45 minutes to walk to the glacier, with the first part through native forest before walking up the river bed. It was incredible to see the power of the glacier and what it has done to the landscape as it has retreated over the past 20 years. Really amazing and hard to describe.
The glacier viewing site is about 1km from the bottom of the glacier. In theory it is just a massive chunk of ice, but it and its surrounding is so much more. I can’t put it into words, apart from recommending it as a great afternoon out!
Edit: Apologies for some of the photos auto-rotating when uploading.
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