Milford Sound
The Long Road · day 5

Milford Sound

Why here

The road ends at the river of the old kings: cliffs streaming with waterfalls into a dark fjord — the legend's last and largest frame.

Cliffs straight out of black water — the road's last and largest frame.
When to come
season
autumn
time
morning
weather
after rain (waterfalls roar)
crowd
Busy mid-morning

It rains ~200 days a year, the access road closes for avalanche risk, and the sandflies are relentless.

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