Day 17 – Te Anau – Milford Sound – Te Anau
Today is another highlight of your journey. You drive to Fiordland National Park, New Zealand’s largest and at the same time most undeveloped national park. Hardly any landscape embodies the term wilderness better than Fiordland. In the west, 14 fiords penetrate deep into the primeval forests of a rugged alpine world like overlong tongues of the sea.
Not far away, snow-covered mountain peaks rise above alpine grasslands up to 2700 meters. On probably the most beautiful mountain road in New Zealand, you pass the Mirror Lakes and the dark Homer Tunnel and may even meet keas (alpine parrots) when you stop.
After about 2.5 hours drive you will reach one of the most famous places in New Zealand and the most beautiful end of the world, Milford Sound. Lush vegetation stands out in front of the reflecting fiord and in the background a huge mountain rises out of the sea.
Already deeply impressed, you take a boat trip past huge waterfalls and, with a little luck, you will meet seals, penguins and dolphins. Afterwards you drive back to Te Anau.
- Planned: Milford Sound Nature Cruise