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| The Money Shot of Milford Sound, I get it just in time! |
At
Queenstown Sandra pulls coupons out from an inflight magazine for Burger Kings
version of the Egg and Bacon Mc Muffin plus coffee and we enjoy a breakfast
before heading out.
The
drive from Queenstown to Te Anau is pretty but choked with traffic and a
particularly slow Fiat Punto Black with (Jucy) a rental company on the side. It
creates a line up of 12 – 14 cars while travelling 55-60 kph on 100 kph roads. This
becomes a story in itself which can be told offline.
Our
destination that day is Te Anau and the Top 10 park there. We unfortunately get
put in an electric grass site for tenting, not something we’d recommend because
we were surrounded by vans and small motorhomes.
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| Southern Discoveries |
We walk to the ICentre there
and book our 10:30 am cruise of Milford Sound with Southern Discoveries on the
recommendation of the German couple. It’s not the cheapest, but, it has a
naturalist on board and a larger boat with enough deck space for everyone. We
head out early and take a couple of stops along the way, accounting for
slightly over 2 hrs to drive 120 kms. And arrive just around 9:00 am as the 1st
cruise from Jucy is headed out. The morning is super clear, cool and the water
is mirror smooth and I’m able to get a great photo.
The
tour itself is great where we pull in under a garden overhanging the fiord, and
tight into shore where we get to see a small gathering of penguins enjoying
their private little beach. At
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| Spectacular Fiord |
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| Glorious Weather |
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| Penguins |
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| Sailing back into the Fiord |
another rock outcropping we see ‘fur seals’
which are seals like those caught off Canada’s east shores in early spring. We
actually get out into the Tasman sea before re-entering the fiord and heading
back. We’d highly recommend Southern Discoveries!
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| More Penguins |
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