Fiordlands

It’s been a hard, but very enjoyable day. We had an exhausting 600km mountainous drive to Te Anau, Milford Sound and back. Some turns were really bad and we switched seats with Andriy, as I didn’t feel confident enough…

90-minute cruise around the Fiord was amazing! I expected something like a regular circle between the rocks, but we went under the waterfall and watched three dolphins playing with the boat and jumping from the water just in front of the nose. Also we went into the sea and jumped on the waves for a bit. On the way back we played with dolphins again, watched the seals and penguins, and went under the biggest waterfall, which was 163 meters high!

The actual drive in Fiordlands from Te Anau to Milford Sound is very exciting both as driving experience and as thrilling landscape. It’s very hard to transfer this feeling on to the picture. Snowy tops changing forests, tunnels from the trees, one real town in the rock, which looks more as a cave, beautiful valleys with huge ranges around, mirror lakes, kea birds and many more things… You feel so small, but so thrilled in this wonderful panorama!

Face is red. Eyes are tired. Knee is still in pain. But it was so damned good! J