Today we were going for the much awaited cruise on Milford Sound.Fiordland is a place that receives a lot of rain(it rains 2 out of every 3 days).We were hoping that the forecast of the day be correct and it stays nice and sunny.When we got for breakfast in the morning it looked perfect.We were greeted by Ray and his baby James at the breakfast table.We had a nice continental breakfast and Rays special “Kiwi breakie” that included hot hashbrowns and tomatoes.In the meantime Ray gave us a mapof the Fiordland.He told us all the points of interest worth visiting on the way to Milford Sound.Our cruise was booked for 3:15pm with Mitre peak cruises,so we had the whole morning and some hrs in the afternoon for the drive towards MS.We started at 10:30am and went straight to a supermarket to buy us some food for lunch during the drive.The first 30km of the 119kmdrive was thru the banks of Te Anau and Te Anau downs(flat regions).Then came the big alpine mountains with snow capped peaks.As we drove towards the mountains,the terrain changed and lupins and yellow colored flowers could be seen all over.This was a perfect picture spot to capture the different colors in one.Later during the drive we took a small walk to see the mirror lakes.Ray had recommended us to take a 45min nature walk thru the “beech forest” to get a glimpse of Lake Gunn.We drove to the “Divide” to see the start of the famous Hollyford and Routerban walks.The terrain had started to be quite mountainous and road was zig-zag from now on.Since it was summer time the snow has started melting and small waterfalls could be seen in numerous places.Just before reaching the MS ferry terminal we stopped to see “the chasm” ,so called because of the spectacular rock formations caused by the flowing river and wind.After having snack we had got,we went to the ferry terminal to check in for our 2 hr cruise.
The first sight of Milford Sound was Ooh..la ..la, mitre peak rising above the green water of Milford sound.The ferry terminal was like an airport terminal because of the number of tour buses waiting to leave for Queenstown.
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