Milford Sound

 

The Milford Mariner

 

Stirling Falls

 

 

Milford Sound

 

Milford Sound Waterfall

 

Milford Sound

 

Milford Sound

 

Milford Sound - Sunset

 

Milford Sound - Morning

 

Milford Sound - Morning

 

Milford Sound

 

The Milford Mariner - The Bridge

 

Milford Sound - Mitre Peak

 

Milford Sound Underwater Observatory

<The Milford Road                        Top                    Otago Peninsula>

New Zealand Photos:-

 

 

One of New Zealand's highlights & no wonder! This is a relatively small, narrow fiord enclosed by steep cliffs revealing spectacularly theatrical views at every bend. It rains a lot down in this part of southern NZ, hence the large number of waterfalls. Most people see it in the rain, but we were very lucky in that it rained the previous day - making the waterfalls even more spectacular, but with brilliant blue skies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Milford Mariner sailed into one waterfall under a large overhang. Exhilarating, but I got pretty wet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Milford Sound has been judged the world's top travel destination in an international survey (the 2008 Travellers' Choice Destinations Awards by TripAdvisor) and is acclaimed as New Zealand's most famous tourist destination (Wikipedia)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Magical

 

 

 

 

I found the layers of clouds at different levels across the mountains very strange. I was told that this  is caused by temperature inversion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was expecting to see lots of other ships in the Sound. Apparently it is quite crowded in the early afternoon with the "day-trippers". Because we had an overnight cruise, we didn't set off until late afternoon & shared the Sound with only one other ship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a good excursion in the late afternoon, an interesting talk & enjoyable dinner on our ship & would recommend the Milford Mariner run by Real Journeys (see Recommendations for details)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What an inspiring view as our  farewell to Milford Sound.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A floating underwater observatory. Though only 10 meters under the surface, the water conditions at this level mimic those at much deeper levels due to the unique "dirty" fresh water sitting above the sea water. We saw starfish & Black Coral as well as Wrasse fish. I found it fascinating to find out that when the dominant male Wrasse in a group dies, the largest female changes sex and becomes a male fish.

 

 

 

 

 

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