Friday, September 23, 2011

The Kiwi Life - New Zealand, Fiordland Milford Sound (Day 5, 09 Jun - 21 Jun 2011)

Day 5 - Dunedin -> Fiordland Milford Sound -> Te Anau

After spending a relaxing night in Dunedin - On Top backpacker, we have to wake up very early in the morning and started heading to another fantastic destination - Fiordland Milford Sound at 5am. After 6 hours driving on the road, finally we have reached our destination! The most memorable moment is passing by the tunnel that crossing over the hill! First time in my life seeing this stunning type of tunnel! After passing by this tunnel, we luckily able to buy the river cruise ticket - Southern Discoveries Encounter Cruise (NZD 79) for 12:45 pm, else we might need to wait some time for next round.

If you are interested to visit Fiordland Milford Sound, before departure, it is recommended that you check the schedule of the cruise departure time. In addition, it is also recommended that to check the weather forecast before visiting Fiordland Milford Sound, this is due to cruise tour will be cancelled if bad weather happened. Be prepared with the raincoat as well, as you will get wet inside the rainforest!

Our coach tour started at 12:45 pm and it takes for 2 hours and 15 mins. During this tour, we had a great experience to see the waterfalls, rainforest and sea lions! In this short period, I feel surprised to see rainbows a few times - another amazing first time experience in my life! My friends and I feel very excited too and we non-stop snapping pictures for this wonderful moment!

After the river cruise tour ended, we reluctantly say goodbye to Fiordland Milford Sound and find a backpacker to have a rest. We didn't booked any backpacker before we reach Te Anau city, but luckily we still able to find a decent backpacker - Te Anau Lakefront Backpacker. It is located in front of the lake and the scenery there also very beautiful! 

On the way to Fiordland Milford Sound - We stopped by at the roadside to capture the photo of the snow mountain at the far end!
Signage of Fiordland Milford Sound
Fiordland Milford Sound - Southern Discoveries Encounter Cruise
Fiordland Milford Sound - Beautiful waterfall
Fiordland Milford Sound - Beautiful rainbow
Fiordland Milford Sound - Long waterfall
Fiordland Milford Sound - A few waterfalls so near to each other!
Fiordland Milford Sound - Another beautiful rainbow!
Fiordland Milford Sound - Cute floating cloud!
Fiordland Milford Sound - Another coach cruise is following behind us..
Fiordland Milford Sound - Love this picture so much! The rainbow is extremely beautiful!


Fiordland Milford Sound - Video captured to record the gorgeous rainbow. (Sorry, you gotta tilt your head a bit to view it :P)
Fiordland Milford Sound - Waterfall again...


Fiordland Milford Sound - Video recorded for the long waterfalls
Fiordland Milford Sound - Waterfall again...


Fiordland Milford Sound - The captain drive the ship very near to the waterfall to let us to feel the fresh waterfall splashes. My face felt smooth and refreshed, haha :P (Sorry, you gotta tilt your head again to view it)
Fiordland Milford Sound - Another beautiful and bigger rainbow again!!
Fiordland Milford Sound - The scene become clearer when sunshine finally appear for a while...
Fiordland Milford Sound - Finally our 2 hours and 15 mins river cruise come to an end...
Fiordland Milford Sound - According to my friend, this is 3D view of the mountain! Haha :P
Fiordland Milford Sound - 3D view mountain

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