Fiordland National Park

When we left last night we expected heavy rain for most of today. Well, luckily that didn’t happen as we had overcast skies and the sun did make an appearance several times.

Fiordland National Park covers over 3.1 acres of land, nearly 5% of the area of New Zealand and was declared a World Heritage Area in 1986.

As we entered the fiords a beautiful rainbow appeared.

The coastline was very rocky as we entered Dusky Sound.

As you can see it was a very narrow passage through the fiords.

I love this photo Jer took looking aft from the front of the ship. The smoke from the ship was billowing off to the side.

There were many waterfalls all the way through the fiords. This one is in Milford Sound.

The Captain got the nose of the ship almost in this waterfall.  All the people in this picture are crew.  They have an area just for them in the front of the ship. 

This was the largest waterfall that we saw at the very end of Milford Sound.

Our trip through the fiords took us into Dusky Sound, around Resolution Island, and out to Breaksea Sound. We then went up the coast to Doubtful Sound, around Secretary Island and out at Thompson Sound. Another couple of hours of sailing the coastline and into Milford Sound. The town of Milford is at the end of the sound so that is where we turned around and sailed back out.

To say the least, it was a spectacular day. We are very sad to be leaving New Zealand. It is a beautiful country with the most friendly people. I truly hope that we will visit once again.

We now have two sea days and we will then be in Sydney, Australia. See you there!!