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Day 11 Milford Sound

An early start today, even for me😉

 

We needed to be on the road by 7am for our drive to the beautiful Milford Sound.  We had been advised by the tourist Centre that the drive would take approximately 2-2 1/2 hours, with a 1/2 hour walk from the car park.

 

The drive gave us some beautiful sights.  Snow capped mountains, crystal clear rivers and streams, and the odd waterfall from the melting snow.  We had decided last night that we would not make any stops on the way up, but would do a little sightseeing on the way back.



The road was pretty good, and perhaps due to the early start there was not much other traffic on the road and we arrived with a fairly early for our boat ride.  The only time I had an issue was the tunnel that goes through the mountain.  None of our research mentioned the tunnel.  Miss Sam - some warning might have been nice 😉🤣. 


Kea

Weka 

We booked in for our cruise and sat in the quietly and waited for our ship to be ready to leave.




The cruise was wonderful, the day was sunny and had warmed a little.  The breeze was light for most of the trip, only being a little stronger near the ocean entrance.  


 

The views along the way are magnificent, and there are 3 honorable mentions,

1 - we got to see a couple of Fiordland Crested Penguins.  Hard to take photos as they are so tiny.

2 - some seals slacking off on a rock.  Not sure how they got up there.

3 - a “glacial facial” at Stirling Falls.  The cruise director said that the spray from the waterfall is supposed to have magical properties and ladies will look 10 years younger.  I am pretty sure he was telling furfies 🤣


    

                                                                Seal


                                                                Penguin

Very happy and back at the port, with Robbie not suffering from and motion sickness, we headed back to our car for the return trip to Te Anau.

 

We stopped first at Monkey Creek and had our lunch.  The water there is very clear and pretty chilly.  


Our next stop was Mirror Lake. The water here was just crystal clear, and as it was not flowing as quickly as the creeks this area has some little black ducks.  We were also lucky enough to see a couple of trout swimming around.

 


Our final stop was the swinging bridge at the start at the Te Anau end of the Kepler Track.  I managed to walk about 20 feet out before heading back. 😱



After that we are headed back to our lovely cabin for a rest before dinner.

 

All for now lovelies.

 

Stay safe and keep enjoying life.



A couple of videos for you to view.






 

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