Milford Sound Cruise!

Once you drive 4h from Queenstown to Milford Sound, then you get on a boat for a cruise around the sound! Nice commentary from the captain and up one side and down the other! Beautiful views and some seals and waterfalls as well! Definitely a must see of Southern New Zealand!

Apparently it should be called Milford Fjord because it was carved out by glaciers. You can see the plateaus along the cliff sides from the five different glacial periods. When it rains there are upwards of 10,000 waterfalls that form along the cliff sides. One of the points we passed where a bunch of seals hang out is the windiest point in all of Fiordland National Park. The lines of missing trees are from ‘tree avalanches’ where an anchor tree falls from the cliff side and pulls down a bunch of trees with it. They take about 200 years to regrow! Can you spot the rock formation of the two kissing turtles?

There are so many photos to share but I can only add 20! It was so spectacularRead more