Mildford Sound is a fjord in the southwest part of New Zealand. Being named one of the world's top travel destinations, this is New Zealand's top tourist destination. A fjord, a Scandinavian word, is a long, narrow inlet of water that is surrounded by cliffs created by glaciers. A leisurely boat ride through the fjord, although very foggy and rainy, allowed us to see cascading waterfalls. The rain actually was a blessing; the waterfalls were much more active due to the rain!
A view of the deck of our boat
A sister boat - our boat looked identical
View from a bridge on the way out of the park
In order to get to Milford Sound, we had to drive through a mountain. This tunnel took almost twenty years to dig; partially due to WWII but also due to the magnitude of the mountain
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