Milford Sound - OMG

Okay technically it's a Fjord and should be called Milford Fjord.  We took a bus to the sound and then a 1.5 hour boat cruise.  The bus was about 5 hours each way, ouch.  We left at 7:00 AM and returned about 5:30 PM

The driver was great, young, cool, a pretty fast driver (it was a bus) and well versed on the history of this amazing part of NZ.  Highly recommend getting to it somehow.  https://www.milford-sound.co.nz/

After a really beautiful drive, our first hint of what was coming

We soon pulled over to walk for 5 and were suggested to dump our water and fill up with fresh glacier water from this river

It was really nice 

Kiwi Tours in the back

About to drive into a single lane 1.2 KM tunnel, cool

Dark and scary

The other side

Looking back

Off the bus and walking to our boat

Our boat

Leaving this cool harbour

Someone is beaming

We were heading into the cool wind here.  It was kinda chilly

These peaks are 1-2 KM's high yo

This area gets up to 11 meters of rain per year.  That's lots.  These are common

Here is another waterfall

Up closer, so nice

On the way back we stopped at Mirror Lake

Normally the reflections are pretty epic.  Still totally awesome if there are ripples

Then a few minutes later we stopped at this place called Eglinton Valley

So awesome

Later