The Milford Road offers a stunning scenic journey from Te Anau to Milford Sound, into the heart of the Fiordland National Park. There were many interesting points of interest along the way. We made several stops which included the Eglinton Valley, Mirror Lakes, Falls Creek and Monkey Bridge, Hollyford Valley, Homer Tunnel and The Chasm.
Eglinton Valley:
Mirror Lakes:
Falls Creek and Monkey Bridge:
Hollyford Valley:
Ice cave near Homer Tunnel
Jacob and me at Homer Tunnel
Mountains around the Homer Tunnel area
The Chasm
Milford Sound
And finally, we arrive at Milford Sound...
Me, with Mitre Peak in the background.
We arrived just in time to board our cruise boat - The Milford Adventurer (in the background)
Again, Mitre Peak in the background.
Onboard The Milford Adventurer, Milford Sound cruise boat.
The wind was chilly.
This is one of my favourite photos. Stirling Falls, coming down from the U-shaped valley.
At the mouth of the fiord, looking back in at it.
We stopped at Seal Rock to watch some NZ Fur Seals
We were lucky enough to spot some dolphins when a pod of mostly juvenile dolphins escorted our boat briefly. Pretty hard to capture them on camera though, with the digital camera time lapse. I did manage to catch just the fin of one dolphin.
Approaching Stirling Falls - the boat got close enough for those of us on deck to get wet.
Harrison's Cove - approaching the floating underwater observatory where we got off
At the underwater observatory.
Another ferry picked us up from the underwater observatory.
Bowan Falls
Driving back from Milford Sound, we ran into some sheep. As they say, a true kiwi road trip is not complete without some interaction with sheep. We had to pull over and give way, as sheep have right of way.
Next - Part 5: Glacier country (including Arrowtown and Wanaka)
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