Milford Sound (Fjord)

One of my days in Queenstown I was able to take a bus tour to Milford Sound – A Sound/Fjord is a valley normally carved out by glaciers that the ocean fills in with water once the glaciers melt. Fjord’s are characterized by very steep mountain walls making for stunning scenery. It was a 4 hour drive through the countryside to get there, but that gave me an awesome opportunity to see the farmland that NZ is famous for – (see next post)

Originally posted August 2013

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