We spent our last three days in New Zealand in the southwestern corner of the South Island called Fiordland. Te Anau is the major town in Fiordland and closest to Milford Sound. Most of Fiordland is dominated by the steep sides of the snow-capped Southern Alps, deep lakes and its ocean-flooded, steep western
valleys. With an average annual rainfall of 22 feet on 182 days a year, Milford Sound is known as the wettest inhabited place in New Zealand and one of the wettest in the world. Rainfall can reach 10 inches during a span of 24 hours. Lucky for us, we had a whole day of sunshine to go see it. It's steep cliffs and "sea mountains" were all created by glaciers long, long ago. It's also one of the only places in the world where you can see rainforest vegetation along with snowy mountains, the Tasman Sea,
AND several waterfalls. We booked a boat ride tour with a very small company, so there was only 6 of us on there. Milford Sound is probably one of the most beautiful places we've ever seen, so I can see why some people have said it's the eighth wonder of the world. Even the hour and a half drive there was gorgeous. Pictures won't do this place justice, but I hope you'll like them. Fiordland was the perfect end to our stay in New Zealand!
We spent our last three days in New Zealand in the southwestern corner of the South Island called Fiordland. Te Anau is the major town in Fiordland and closest to Milford Sound. Most of Fiordland is dominated by the steep sides of the snow-capped Southern Alps, deep lakes and its ocean-flooded, steep western 
valleys. With an average annual rainfall of 22 feet on 182 days a year, Milford Sound is known as the wettest inhabited place in New Zealand and one of the wettest in the world. Rainfall can reach 10 inches during a span of 24 hours. Lucky for us, we had a whole day of sunshine to go see it. It's steep cliffs and "sea mountains" were all created by glaciers long, long ago. It's also one of the only places in the world where you can see rainforest vegetation along with snowy mountains, the Tasman Sea, AND several waterfalls. We booked a boat ride tour with a very small company, so there was only 6 of us on there. Milford Sound is probably one of the most beautiful places we've ever seen, so I can see why some people have said it's the eighth wonder of the world. Even the hour and a half drive there was gorgeous. Pictures won't do this place justice, but I hope you'll like them. Fiordland was the perfect end to our stay in New Zealand!
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Ah, I'm so glad you loved Milford Sound, definitely my favorite part of the country, too!!
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