Less than interesting days, read another post like the next day or search Milford Sound on Google Images
Distance: Bus, 560km, ferry, 25km
Total Distance: 5331km
Invercargill for a day, then off to Milford Sound, which was a great trip, but took far longer to get there than time we spent there. If I went back I'd stay for a day and go kayaking around it.
Still lovely trip though- beautiful scenery even before we got to Milford Sound. It's totally worth going if you're down here anyway, even just for the short trip of 2 hours, but it was a very long day.
We set off from Invercargill at 8am, met up with a larger Kiwi Experience bus, went out to the Fjord (it's a fjord, not a sound, but the name has stuck due to the Rule of Cool) and weren't into Queenstown until 9pm.
The fjord, like all fjords, was formed by a glacier that created a valley which reached the sea, before retreating after the ice ages. This one happens to be special as the surrounding mountains are so high, the fjord is enormous, and the entrance from the sea is both narrow and at an angle, hence the water is relatively still.
The catamaran we were on had a PitaPit, bar, and free tea, which made us all very happy.
I managed to get to the front of the boat when we went into the spray zone of one of the waterfalls, so I have a video of me getting soaked for later.
Anyway, tired now, and have a busy day tomorrow, with lots planned.
Go to Google Images. Search, Milford Sound.
Yes, I'm being lazy, but others haven't, and they've taken great shots of the place.
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