Milford Sound / Piopiotahi

Milford fjord is like breaking into a magic movie! When on a cruise ship, giant waterfalls on both sides of the bank smashed into emerald waters from cliffs, such as Stirling Falls, and the water vapor came with a rainbow. The steep cliffs are covered with moss, the seals are lazily lying on the reef, and the snow peaks in the distance are looming in the clouds. The rain and fog are even more amazing, the tops of the mountains are entangled by mist, and the sea is deep blue, as if the whole world is quiet enough to have only the sound of water, which is so shocking!

It is recommended not to drive by car, the road is too difficult to drive. We live in Tianau and drive by car. Although the scenery on the road is very good, it is usually only open on the city road. This mountain road really leaves a psychological shadow. Especially the road to the fjord can be said to be high and steep, New Zealand speed is fast and fast, so for safety reasons, I really recommend that the bus go to the scenery along the way.

It is very convenient to book tickets in Trip.com . The Milford Fjord is very windy. You can see the waterfall on the return trip, but it is not the rainy season. The waterfall is not very big. The scenery from Tiano to Milford Fjord Road is super beautiful and the scenery changes!

Milford Fjord is New Zealand's largest and most famous fjord, the river extends 22 kilometers inland, the fjord water surface meets the cliff vertically, and almost all the mountains can see large and small waterfalls. The cruise ship is driving in the fjord river, and you can see the mountains, the cliffs, the waterfall springs, the glaciers, and the scenery is beautiful! Milford fjord lives in the bottlenose dolphins, New Zealand long-haired seals and the fjord crown penguins, often with a large number of young seals.

Milford fjord is a world-famous natural wonder. The steep, winding cliffs penetrate from the calm, dark waters, the dense rainforests on the rock walls, and the waterfalls fall hundreds of meters high into the sea. The Milford Fjord water trip is the main way to get a great view of the fjord, which is even more beautiful because of seals, dolphins and almost certain downpours, the ubiquitous waterfalls and the beautiful mists that match them.

Generally choose Milford Fjord cruises will depart from Tianaau, then to the fjord for a two-hour cruise, or from Queenstown to Milford Fjord 290 km, from Queenstown bus stop at AtholSt bus terminal, there is a parking lot next to the station. The tour bus is almost all windows, even the roof is glass, the route is to take a break along Highway 6 through Kingston to Highway 94 to Lake Tianau, and then to the fjord. The bus traveled through the steep cliffs, the dense woods covered the blue sky without a trace, and soon after the mountain road continued to spiral up and suddenly the willows and flowers were dark, and the open valleys were green grasslands. After ten minutes, it was another scene. The snow-capped mountains stood quietly on both sides of the highway. The snow peaks are crystal clear, blue sky, green woods, white snow, clear lake water, and suffocating. The bus along the way will stay for 40 minutes at FiordlandNationalParkVisitorCentre on the shore of Lake Tianau. This rest stop is large, commercial and catering. It is recommended that friends who are going to the fjord should leave as early as possible to avoid the long bus on the road from 9 to 10 o'clock. It is said that at 1 pm, the most tour groups in the fjord are taken by boat. In addition, remind self-driving friends that there is no gas station on the way from Tianau to Milford Fjord, please fill the oil in Tianau. There are many cruise companies in Milford Fjord, which are more famous for RealJourneys, southerndiscoveries, MitrePeakCruises, MitreSoundCruises. In fact, each cruise company has a little difference in service quality. The difference is the length of the tour. Like RealJourneys, the company operates an hour and 45 minutes of scenery tour and an extra-long natural tour of 2.5. This large company also provides overnight routes, but the price is not cheap, basically 300 to 500 S$, and southerndiscoveries is the earliest company to provide cruise cruises in Milford Fjord, its predecessor is the famous Milford Fjord Red Ship Travel Agency, with a variety of wonderful routes, Several others are smaller, hulls are small and tourists are relatively small. Southern Exploration Company's luxury catamaran cruise ship, the first floor hull is a buffet area, lunch on the cruise ship can be booked in advance according to personal needs, the cost is SGD 32, it is recommended to bring your own food, the cruise ship will provide free tea and coffee, as well as milk, the second floor is the indoor sightseeing floor, You can sit by the window and drink coffee. From the second floor, the spiral ladder is a panoramic platform for cruise ships. The 360° full view is unobstructed. The large company cruise ships basically provide multi-language interpretation services (China, South Korea, Japan and Britain).

Milford Fjord set off from Queenstown in the early morning to Milford Fjord more than 300 kilometers away, and it took four hours to drive along the lake and over the mountains. Drive all the way, gradually realize that it is indeed one of the wettest places in New Zealand, the closer the humidity, the heavier the light rain... The ticket has been bought before coming, the visitor center has changed the ticket and went directly to the boat, along the fjord to the sea...

The must-see fjord in New Zealand is also the hottest one. There are many niche fjords that tourists can't walk. From Queenstown, take the bus to cross the mountains and cross the mountains. You can leave early in the morning and come back in the dark. The effect of rain on cloudy days is discounted, but the advantage is that you can see the rainbow. There are some simple dining on the boat that you can buy and eat yourself. It's still quite tired after a whole day. This fjord is less magnificent than the fjord in Norway.