Milford Sound - Fiordland National Park

We are in Te Anau. Te Anau is located southwest on the South Island and borders Fiordland National Park. Here we took a trip to Milford Sound, a UNESCO World Heritage site, with Reese, our bus driver, a young German tour group, and mostly Australians and English people. The drive took us through Fiordland National Park, a beautiful natural landscape that, as is often the case in New Zealand, appears untouched and endless. Only the road finds its way through the valley. On our journey, we made stops at the 'Mirror Lakes', where the mountain scenery was beautifully reflected, at 'The Chasm', a riverbed that impressed with deep grooves and finely polished rocks, and at the 'Homer Tunnel', the only single-lane entrance into the Milford Sound valley. However, before the tunnel, there was another stop to admire the Keas. These extremely curious and intelligent animals know exactly what they want: food. If you are traveling by car, you should keep the doors and windows closed, as the Keas know exactly what tricks they need to use to make people dance to their tune and get into the car or to something edible. If the car remains closed to the birds, all sorts of tangible items on the car such as rubber or windshield wipers are tested for edibility. After the amusing stay, we went to the other side of the tunnel and finally immersed ourselves in the Fiordland scenery. The town of Milford Sound is surrounded by a mountain landscape. We took a boat tour through the fjords and admired the panorama. The most famous view here is probably of Mitre Peak. On the boat tour, we saw waterfalls cascading into the fjord, rocky cliffs with vertical green areas, and rocky cliffs that we approached closely (the rocky cliffs are very steep and quickly dive deep into the sea at the interface) and we dove under waterfalls and received a waterfall shower. Note: Unfortunately, we didn't see many or very strong waterfalls because it hadn't rained for 2 days. However, we had a very clear view of the fjord. On the way back, we encountered lazy and relaxing seals and passing dwarf dolphins. Finally, we visited an underwater observatory where we could marvel at the biodiversity of fish, plants, and other marine creatures in a natural environment.

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