Milford Sound and Te Anau

When I think about New Zealand I don’t think about cities, I think about spectacular mountains and wide open countryside. Last weekend we visited Te Anau and Milford Sound (both in the Fiordland National Park) and there was certainly no shortage of vistas. Milford Sound is the classic postcard image of New Zealand with its dramatic fjords, but due to the weather everything was covered in mist (it is in a rainforest after all). We had driven all the way from Te Anau intending to do one of the cruises but it wouldn’t have been worth it. The drive in itself was still worth it.

Lake Te Anau

Azure rivers, Fiordland National Park

Mist covered mountains on the road to Milford Sound

The eerily still Mirror Lakes