Milford Sound is truly one of those places that words cannot describe! What an awesome experience we had at Milford Sound! Located on the Southwest part of the South Island, Milford Sound is actually not a sound at all, but rather a fiord, an ice-carved valley, narrow and steep-sided that has been flooded by the sea after the last glacier retreat. It is enclosed by rock that rises from the waterfall up to 4 000 feet and is is 18 km long. Its dominant feature is the 5 560 foot Mitre Peak (photo above). Milford Sound has an average rainfall of around 20 feet and it rains an average of 183 days a year! Luckily for us, we had a beautiful sunny day! The kids enjoyed seeing the seals basking in the sun on rocks as well as one of the most endangered penguin species on the planet, yellow penguins. A fabulous day!
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