Milford Sounds

Hi, This travel log is for the much mentioned trip to New Zealand of Max and Michael. Flying via Singapore and taking in the sights, sounds and amazing things the south island has to offer.

Milford Sounds - After  saying farewell to Robby I headed to Milford Sounds, which has the reputation of having some of the world's most magnificent scenery. It normally rains about 5 out of 7 days a week here.....but I was very lucky and ...

... we felt a little uncomfortable spending the night on our lonesome there. So we pressed onto the lovely town and the starting base for the Milford Sounds of Te Anau. We treated ourselves to a motor park and a glass of wine in the local bar 'The Moose'. Now ...

I decided to take the trip to Milford Sounds. Its basically a National Park rain forest with lots of Fjords. The trip encompassed a 5 hours journey to get there, 2 hours boat journey through the Fjords and 5 hours back. I have to wake up at 5:50 in ...

... we went and got ourselves booked in and took a little walk round to the visitor centre where its full off interesting facts about Milford Sounds, how it was discovered, what animals and plant life are to be found, you can find penguins, dolphins and fur ...

... some itineraries. We were back on the bus at 10.30 and the route took us along the lake into the mountainous region towards Milford Sounds. The tour allowed us to stop at several scenic spots along the way. The highlight is the Homer Tunnel which is 1300 ...

... , it took the men of the past years to dig there way through this rock, and they created a way for hundreds of tourists to visit Milford Sounds!!! Not so sure it was a good thing they did make the way through the rock!! Because when we did get to Milford ...

... preparing to climb the steep cliff near us, it flew off to join its friends, watching and waiting for food. We arrived at Milford Sounds, ready for the cruise we had booked a couple of days earlier.  As we waited, we had a coffee outside on a ...

... at the hostel and the weather again gorgeous and warm.  We would return though! We booked an overnight cruise of the Milford Sounds (potentially the best thing we've done on the travels so far!).  En route to Milford there were a number of ...