Mitre Peak Cruises Milford Sound

Up and out for 7.10am to drive to Milford Sound. Fortunately the road was open and the first stretch was easy, clear, quiet and reasonably straight. We stopped at Mirror Lakes where the mountains are reflected in the lakes. As we looked and took photos, the day became brighter and the reflections became clearer – great timing! We drove past ( …

... sight of hundreds of veil-like waterfalls streaming down the cliff-faces surrounding the village. We boarded a small cruise boat (Mitre Peak Cruises) just before 9am with about 20 others... everyone was grinning from ear to ear, delighted at the perfect ...

... Cook missed it twice when mapping the shoreline) is a huge glacial fiord.    We choose to cruise with Mitre Peak Cruises as their boats are smaller at about 20 metres long compared to the larger boats which hold up to 400 ...

... but to get further out we decided to head out on one of the bigger boats in the afternoon. The kayaking guys suggested "Mitre Peak Cruises"??? (affiliated) because it was a smaller boat. It's the smaller grey boat if you're interested. Got to see the ...

... reached the water, we spent a while messing around trying to find a good boat to go on. We eventually chose a company called Mitre Peak Cruises, we booked for tomorrow with the hope the weather might be a little better! On the way back down the road we ...

... Harbor. We drove back to Te Nau and had lunch at the Sandfly café. After lunch we drove to Milford sound to take the nature cruise with Mitre Peak cruises co. The Milford road from Te Anau to Milford sound is known for being a spectacular route. The 75 ...