Booked a day trip to the jewels of South Island - Milford Sound.
Use RealJourney which costed us NZD396.00 per person, departing from Queenstown. The price includes a taxi pickup from and later back to our accomodation.
Waking up early entitled us to this great view of Lake Wakatipu.
Boarding the coach, saw that this trip is filled with the more elderly crowd.
Passed though farm lands, where the lady driver cum tour guide filled us with much informations on farm lifes and landmarks we passed.
Stopped at town of Te Anau for breakfast and came up this shop with such glorious name.
Then onwards to Milford Sound.
The coach trip seems unremarkable at first. Rains starts to fall and the whole area is covered by mist. Scenery spoilers.
But the further we went, the scenery changes and it became more interesting. Entering birch forest. The glass ceiling coach afford us different perspective, normally what we would miss riding in a coach.
Then the trip climbs. Snow capped peak presents themselves. Such wonderful scenery. It is a pity that we dont stop as much as we like just to get down to admire the wonderful scenery.
And finally, we reach the Sound. We learned that this is actually a Fjord, which means this is created by glaciers. Sounds are created by rivers.
Board our boat and started sailing out to the Tasmian Seas.
The weather is beautiful with the sun shinning, although the wind is blowing quite cold.
The boat in front of shows demontrated how high the Fjord walls are.
Some locals lazying around.
I was secretly hoping for some dolphin to come swimming with our boat. Then we were shown to a spot where penguins frequent but none came. After office hour maybe!! Finally spotted one swimming. My first wild dolphin encounter :)
One of the many waterfalls.
How amazing to be able to view them from the foot of the walls.
A wonderful journey.
Then a tired and sleepy coach ride back to Queenstown.
After reaching Queenstown, sent some time looking for dinner (Thai food). Loved Queenstown and wish we could spend more time here.
Spend the night at Creeksyde again. With our private carpark allocation, at least we dont have to pay for it.
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