Part 4 - Milford Sound

We stopped to enjoy the amazing wild flowers and then drove into this one-way dark damp tunnel on our way to Milford Sound. It's actually not a sound but a fiord - long narrow inlets created by melting glaciers. The steep mountains seem to dive straight into the water with no sign of a shore or beach.

This is what the Milford Sound brochures show you...


This is Milford Sound reality...


It's usually raining here and today was no exception. The clouds prevent you from seeing the incredible mountain tops but when there's rain there's waterfalls. And waterfalls there were...





Sea lions!