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Milford Sound: Adventure Awaits In New Zealand

Experience the dazzling scenic splendour
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Dusk on a still day is the best time to appreciate Milford Sound
A finger of the sea stretching 9 miles (15km) inland, the sound was given its European name by John Grono, the Welsh captain of a sealing vessel, in the 1820s. He called it after his home town of Milford Haven in South Wales.
Maori legend, however, has a more poetic tale. It tells how South Island was the hull of a partly sunken canoe that turned to stone, and with an axe by the Sea God.
Mitre Peak, 5550ft (1691m), which lies halfway along the southern shore of the sound, is one of the highest mountains to rise straight from the sea.
Fierce, frequent winds and heavy rain make the sound a wonderland of fleeting waterfalls, some wind-blasted with such force that they soar skywards.
The track cut by Sutherland became part of the Milford Track, a rugged, three-day walking route that stretches 30 miles (50 km) north from Lake Te Anau to the head of Milford Sound.
Milford Sound - visit if you seek solitude and peace
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