We came, we saw, and we...tramped!
It took us four days and was over 33 miles, but we made it, and what a journey! Fjordland is one of favourite places in the world. With all its Fjords along the west coast and verdant, rainforest covered valleys, peaks cloaked with mist and glacial fed lakes, and waterfalls its a wonderfully atmospheric place. The Milford Track is the best known of the walks in Fjordland, and one of the best known in the world.
It traces a route across from Lake Te Anau through the Clinton Valley and up and over the MacKinnon Pass through the Arthur Valley to Milford Sound, the most famous of the Fjords in NZ. We even got to see the 5th highest waterfall in the world - Sutherland falls, which drops in 3 sections over 500m from Lake Quill tucked away in the mountain peaks. Not only did we see it, but got totally soaked by edging our way behind it, through tons and tons of icy cold water - what an experience!
The hike was easily one of the highlights of our year, esp. as we spent the 1st of Jan with our heads amongst the peaks on the top of MacKinnon Pass with stunning views, and even saw an avalanche cascading snow and ice from a glacier above us. Not a bad way to spend New Years Day!
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