MILFORD SOUND DAY TOUR
Designed to show you the best bits, in a shorter timeframe – with an earlier return to Te Anau. We include stops on the way, and join the Encounter Nature Cruise in Milford Sound.
Your Day:
- Depart 8.00 am from and return 5:00 pm to your Te Anau accommodation
- A fun commentary with plenty of local knowledge included
- Travel the spectacular Milford Road – with up to 15 scenic photo stops along the way.
- A 1 hr 50 minute hour cruise on Milford Sound: A chance to see Keas, Seals, Dolphins and the Fiordland Crested Penguin
- Optional 20 minute walk to the amazing Chasm
- Several toilet stops
Our coaches are small and comfortable with quality leg room and numbers are limited to 15. We have mini-kitchens enabling tea and coffee at all times
“Fiordland Tours is without a doubt the best way to visit Milford Sound. Forget driving by yourself into Milford, go on this tour. ”
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PRICES
Adult: $149 Child: $69 Infant: $19
Infant aged 4 and under
Optional Extras:
Premier lunch option: $20
(can be ordered when you book or the night before)
Milford Deep Underwater Observatory: $36
(can be arranged on day)
Fly back options: from $370
40 minute or 1 hour scenic flight in afixed-wing aircraft can be arranged on day
Prices per person
*prices subject to change
PHOTO STOPS
Hover over the numbers below to see a description of the photo stops on the Milford Sound Day Tour.
Although these are in the order of the road travel, we sometimes stop at the below places on our return from Milford Sound, depending on time and weather. We will make sure we have ‘quality’ of stops, rather than quantity
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Te Anau Downs
This sheltered harbour is opposite the Middle Fiord and the starting point for the famous Milford Track.
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Eglinton Valley
Lovely views of the Earl & Livingston Mountains.
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Mirror Lakes
A 5 min board walk takes you through typical beech forest and wetland pools. The reflections from the Earl Mountains are amazing!
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45th South Parallel
This is the half way point between the Equator & the South Pole.
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Knob’s Flat
Toilet stop and information boards. Last chance to use a telephone!
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Cascade Creek
A lovely view of Russell lupins in flower, with the Earl Mountains as a backdrop. (seasonal)
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Lake Gunn
View of Lake Gunn with fantastic reflections on a fine day.
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Hollyford Lookout
Spectacular views of the Hollyford Valley and the Darren Mountains.
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Fall’s Creek
First photo of a spectacular permanent water fall!
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Monkey Creek
360 deg of photos here, with fantastic views of the Upper Hollyford Valley, with towering 2000m plus mountains.
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Homer Tunnel
A stop at the east portal of the 1270 meter long tunnel, at 930m above sea level, where we sometimes get a first look at a Kea. (our cheeky South lsland mountain parrot)
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Cleddau Valley
A classic view of the glacier carved valley, as the road winds down, during the last part of our journey to Milford Sound.
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The Chasm
A 5 min walk to see the Cleddau River, where it is confined to a 22m deep narrow ravine. It continues to carve fascinating formations through diorite rock. This is an easy ‘must do’ walk.
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Mt Tutoko
A ‘cameras only’ one minute stop at the first view of the highest mountain in Fiordland, at 2723m.
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Tutoko Bridge
Last stop before Milford Sound, where there is a spectacular view of the river, with Mt Tutoko as a back drop, for a stunning photo.
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Milford Sound
At last! A 2 hour cruise on the famous Milford Sound, with its towering mountains and thundering water falls. A chance to see Dolphins, Seals and the Fiordland Crested Penguin.
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