Milford Sound

Carved out of the Southern Alps by enormous glaciers, the stunning landscape of Milford Sound is the highlight of their journey for many visitors to New Zealand. Rudyard Kipling called it the "eighth wonder of the world" but for us it was a very cloudy, rainy day that revealed little of the majestic mountains that surrounded us as we cruised the length of the fiord.

Because of all the rain, we were treated to some mighty waterfalls that descend 150 meters down the sheer cliffs before dispersing in a furious spray.

When the rain stopped, the clouds began to lift revealing a serene tableau of mountains and mist over the calm waters of Milford Sound.

One last treat in Milford Sound was to see a kea, the curious parrot of south-west New Zealand. He was just as interested in us as we were of him!