The Fiordland National Park receives an astonishing 7m of rainfall a year, and our visit was with no exception. Gloomy and sodden, the glacier cliffs hide in the low forming clouds as hundreds of waterfalls appear out of the crevices down the snowy sides. It stayed this way for most of the day so we made the most of it in our turtle shell until the rain cleared in the evening. With the precipitation gone we walked down the forest trails to the harbor for sunset while karate chopping the swarms of midges along the way.
It was a beautiful day in the morning without a cloud in the sky so we decided to explore Milford Sound a little more aboard a fiord cruise. The area had been carved out by glaciers over millions of years and was one of the last places in New Zealand to be discovered because the narrow passages looked solid from afar. Down the channel we sailed into one of the permanent waterfalls (not recommended for electronics) and caught a glimpse of seals snoozing on the rocks.
It’s on the road again back on shore for our next destination, Franz Josef Glacier.
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3 comments:
Cool. Literally. I'm glad you got some non precipitation time.
I feel sorta dumb for asking but are midges sorta like mosquitoes?
Midges are tiny devil bugs, kind of like little mosquitoes, but in my personal opinion more annoying. They are also called "no-see-ums", I guess depending on what area you live in.
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