Fiordland, New Zealand

The Fjords of the Antipodes


Fjord in S
Jagged canyon of Milford Sound, just miles from the Tasman Sea.
rock niches
Sea lions at the sea end of Milford Sound.
spurt
Waterfall flows abundantly above the Chasm in Fiordland National Park.
Tribune of Honor
Ferry passengers admire the Milford Sound landscape.
Bridge over Chasma
Hikers cross a bridge over The Chasm in Fiordland National Park.
Kiwi Ferry
New Zealand's nautical flag waving from the stern of a ferry across the Milford Sound.
View Tunnel
Section of the road that connects Te Anau to the entrance to Milford Sound.
New Zealand fetuses
A lush fern near the Chasm in Fiordland National Park.
Path to the Mountain
Snowy Peak towers above Te Anau - Milford Sound Highway.
Stirling Falls
A ferry passenger admires the Stirling Falls waterfall.
The Summits of the Fjords
Panorama from the top of the Sounds as seen during a scenic flight.
a certain daring
Ferry comes as close as possible to Stirling Falls, one of several Milford Sound waterfalls.
moss rails
Mossy forest on the edge of Te Anau - Milford Sound Highway.
rushed river
A stream runs through a valley in Fiordland National Park.
A geological quirk made the Fiordland region the rawest and most imposing in New Zealand. Year after year, many thousands of visitors worship the sub-domain slashed between Te Anau and Milford Sound.

Whatever the itinerary, the discovery of the New Zealand sounds has a mandatory start in Te Anau, where hikers stock up on supplies and the last resort equipment, so often necessary because they are not prepared for the capricious local weather. 

The authorities Kiwi locals called it Te Anau Milford Highway.

As we traveled across the southern island, we got used to the ecological minimalism of these basic routes. And half an hour on the way is enough for us to confirm how her humility contrasted with the imposing scenery of the surrounding scenery.

We start by winding, going up and down through hills left behind by the glacial moraine that excavated Lake Te Anau, almost to 500 meters deep.

Onwards, we enter a dark and dense forest of beech trees that alternates with alluvial plains and gentle meadows yellowed by the tightening cold and which we see materialized in shades of white on the top of the mountains that close the Eglinton Valley and on the soaring summits of the Pyramid Peak and the Ngatimamoe Peak.

More often than we expected, we parked the car and went out for promising hikes, like the one in the Mirror Lakes where, over a bridge, we admire the more-than-perfect reflections of the surrounding mountains.

Around Km77, we find the area known by the natives as O Tapara, Cascade Creek for the settlers.

This is where the Maori detachments met and rested on their way to Anita Bay, where they prospected the stone they called pounamu (nephritis) and that, despite being considered semi-precious today, they considered the most valuable and sacred.

The Divide's Litical Division

Seven kilometers and many waterfalls fed by snow thaws later, we reach the rock wall of The Divide, the eastern-lower western passage of the Southern Alps. The Divide marks a geological as well as a climatic separation.

Road between Te Anau and Milford Sound, Fiordland National Parkl, New Zealand

Section of the road that connects Te Anau to the entrance to Milford Sound.

Without us expecting it, a thick, slow-motion snow begins to fall, which rescues our visibility and forces us to take a clumsy ride.

If there are places on Earth where it rains and – in the coldest months – it snows heavily, Fiordland is one of them. Certain areas have an average annual rainfall of almost 7 meters, spread over about 180 days.

On some of these days 250 mm of rain or snow or snow and rain can fall, a dynamic combination that, propelled by the strong wind, bewilders and puts even the most experienced hikers in affliction, at the mercy of the treacherous heights of the 480 km of trails in the region.

River, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

River runs through a valley in Fiordland National Park.

Even inside the car shelter, we felt psychological discomfort and impotence in the face of that rough landscape and the inclement nature of the elements that sculpted it. The storm does not linger. After half an hour, the setting is given a rewarding lull that restores the sharpness of raw antiquity.

A Panorama Little or Nothing Changed by the Millennium

In visual terms, but not only, Fiordland remains part of the prehistoric era. Many of its animals and plants are endemic and have evolved little since then: o takahe, a species of goose thought to be extinct 50 years ago, the kakapo, the heaviest parrot in the world, the ok, a cheeky relative (and the only alpine parrot) that we found soaked in a viewpoint and, who knows why, that insists on biting our shoes.

Geologically speaking, Fiordland's landscape has been crisscrossed by intense glacial erosion and by the tectonic activity that affected the islands of New Zealand during their long post-Gondwana drift across the Pacific Ocean.

While the movement of the plates continues to raise the cliffs and mountains to the order of 1.3 cm per year, the flooding climate takes care of the final decorative touches, with a clear focus on the more vivid shades of green.

As more and more inhospitable kilometers pass, the scenarios confirm themselves filled with a chaotic assortment of bushes that give way to specific streams. They are also covered with carpets of moss and resplendent ferns, with green or brown trunks, some stiff, others fallen and rotten but always full of lichens. 

Forest, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Moss-covered forest on the edge of Te Anau – Milford Sound Highway.

Passage through The Chasm and the Majestic Vision of Milford Sound

We detected this composition in full, just 10km from Milford Sound and the Tasman Sea, around The Chasm where the Cleddau River crashes between gigantic polished boulders and disappears to the bottom of a tight abyss, all enjoyed over a bridge of wood overlooking Mount Tutoko, the highest peak in Fiordland.

The Chasm, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Waterfall flows abundantly above the Chasm in Fiordland National Park.

The first sighting of Milford Sound dazzles us double. All of a sudden, the rebellious rivers give way to a long, meandering inlet of the Tasman Sea. From the edges of its dark blue bed, huge almost vertical rocky cliffs are projected, covered in a vertical forest green.

We board one of the ships that reveals this last kiwi frontier and, under the cover of the icy wind, we approach the supreme domain of Miter Peak (1692m).

Te Anau to Milford Sound highway, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Snowy Peak stands out above Te Anau – Milford Sound Highway.

Rain Waterfalls, Ice Waterfalls

The waterfalls form white threads that stand out and succeed in dimensions and volumes regulated by the melting of continental lands and by rainfall.

Some are permanent. This is the case of the Stirling Falls, with a rich and dancing flow that gives us and the other passengers on the deck a rejuvenating shower.

Ferry, Stirling Falls, Milford Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand

Ferry comes as close as possible to Stirling Falls, one of several Milford Sound waterfalls.

The vessel follows its course in calm waters. Until the fjord opens, reveals the immensity of the Tasman Sea and submits to the discomfort of the strong swell. We explored a small stretch of the maritime slopes of this sound, we saw colonies of seals and some penguins.

Sea lions, Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Sea lions at the sea end of Milford Sound.

Meanwhile, the boat reverses gear and returns to the protection of the mouth for the happiness of the most vulnerable passengers, who were already starting to feel seasick.

The Colonial History of the Evasive Sounds

The sailors at the service of the first discoverers to go offshore, among which the Dutchman Abel Tasman – who gave his name to the surrounding sea – hardly suffered from this condition. Strangely enough, they admired the same views but missed or ignored the narrow entrances that hid navigable canals and gave advanced access to the interior.

In 1773, one of these most famous sailors, named James Cook, was returning from an epic journey across the Southern Ocean in search of the great southern continent when he detected a substantial indentation in the mountains.

More cautious than curious, he chose not to explore it for fear that the wind accelerated by the tight gorge would prevent the vessel from returning to open sea. Inspired by this distrust, he named it the name that the neighboring Milford fjord continues to bear: Doubtful (doubtful or suspicious).

Gorge, Milford Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand

Jagged canyon of Milford Sound, just miles from the Tasman Sea.

Cook was to anchor the Resolution further south at Pickersgill Harbour, a natural refuge from another huge fjord, the Dusky Sound.

The difficulty in colonizing these wild and inhospitable lands has continued over the centuries, such that Fiordland is the region of New Zealand with the least population: only 2000 of its 4,1 million inhabitants live here.

On the other hand, when descriptions of the purity and beauty of these scenarios began to reach the four corners of the planet, new explorers began to flow.

Ferry Stern, Milford Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand

New Zealand's nautical flag waving from the stern of a ferry across the Milford Sound.

Donald Sutherland: The Pioneer Who Became a Host

It all started when Donald Sutherland, a soldier, adventurer, seal hunter, gold prospector and who knows what else, declared upon sighting Milford Sound: "If you ever drop anchor, it will be here."

Twelve years later, in 1878, his wife, Elisabeth, took advantage of the establishment of the first path between Te Anau and Milford and opened an inn to accommodate the asphalters, people from the city who arrived to appreciate the grandeur of the scenarios.

Milford Track. Milford Sound Discovered on Foot

Every year, 400 travelers from all over the world flock to the region, determined to explore it, whatever the cost. Some pay only with cash and are transported full time by land, sea and air. Others also pay with the body. They walk and climb until exhaustion.

The construction of roads in Fiordland has been limited to what is absolutely necessary or perhaps not even that, considering that there is only one. The tramping trails – the New Zealanders' favorite outdoor activity – scan the region without ceremony or shame, covering a total of almost 500 kilometers that wind from sea level to the highest peaks.

One of these trails, the Milford Track, became so popular that Fiordland National Park authorities had to “ration” the annual number of permits granted, to avoid excessive traffic in the warmer months.

With 54 kilometers long, which takes about four days to complete, and a route that leads to the entrance of Milford Sound through forests and waterlogged valleys, the Milford Track is labeled as “easy”.

Fetus, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

A lush fern near the Chasm in Fiordland National Park.

Others, as long or longer, go up and down mountains with such steep slopes that they require technical knowledge of climbing.

According to Maori mythology, the fjords were not carved by the icy rivers that once filled all the valleys, but by an ax-wielding god, Tu-te-raki-whanoa, who carved slices on the coast, now punished. by huge waves, to make it habitable.

The urban plan failed completely, but the Maori took the opportunity to discover the region, to fish, hunt and collect a type of jade they called tangiwai.

Certain tribal groups defeated in internal conflicts did, however, settle temporarily, living in seclusion among the seals and penguins – which the European settlers later almost extinguished – until they returned to the interior.

Ferry Stern, Milford Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand

New Zealand's nautical flag waving from the stern of a ferry across the Milford Sound.

Even then, they suffered from the sand flies that infest this part of New Zealand, responsible for the only negative criticism anyone dares to make of the region.

Experts in generating mythology, the Maori created the legend that they were introduced by the Dark goddess, Hine-nui-te-po, to prevent humans from becoming inactive in the face of the dazzling beauty of the landscape. This time, the divine plans did not fail. The only way not to offer them some blood is to stop as little as possible.

Nelson to Wharariki, Abel Tasman NP, New Zealand

The Maori coastline on which Europeans landed

Abel Janszoon Tasman explored more of the newly mapped and mythical "Terra australis" when a mistake soured the contact with natives of an unknown island. The episode inaugurated the colonial history of the New Zealand. Today, both the divine coast on which the episode took place and the surrounding seas evoke the Dutch navigator.
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North Island, New Zealand

Journey along the Path of Maority

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Banks Peninsula, New Zealand

The Divine Earth Shard of the Banks Peninsula

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napier, New Zealand

Back to the 30s - Calhambeque Tour

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Christchurch, New Zealand

New Zealand's Cursed Wizard

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Mount cook, New Zealand

The Cloud Piercer Mountain

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Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand

The Aeronautical Conquest of the Southern Alps

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The Volcanoes of All Discords

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New Zealand  

When Counting Sheep causes Sleep Loss

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Napier, New Zealand

Back to the 30s

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bay of islands, New Zealand

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Queenstown, the Queen of Extreme Sports

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Residents walk along the trail that runs through plantations above the UP4
City
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Host Wezi points out something in the distance
Beaches
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Lion, Elephants, PN Hwange, Zimbabwe
safari
PN Hwange, Zimbabwe

The Legacy of the Late Cecil Lion

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Annapurna Circuit, Manang to Yak-kharka
Annapurna (circuit)
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The Little-Big Senglea II
Architecture & Design
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Salto Angel, Rio that falls from the sky, Angel Falls, PN Canaima, Venezuela
Aventura
PN Canaima, Venezuela

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Bertie in jalopy, Napier, New Zealand
Ceremonies and Festivities
Napier, New Zealand

Back to the 30s

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Front of Fort Christian, Charlotte Amalie's main defensive structure.
Cities
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From Denmark's Brewing Port to the Capital of the American Caribbean

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Obese resident of Tupola Tapaau, a small island in Western Samoa.
Lunch time
Tonga, Western Samoa, Polynesia

XXL Pacific

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Eswatini, Ezulwini Valley, Mantenga Cultural Village
Culture
Ezulwini Valley, Eswatini

Around the Royal and Heavenly Valley of Eswatini

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4th of July Fireworks-Seward, Alaska, United States
Sport
Seward, Alaska

The Longest 4th of July

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Cable car connecting Puerto Plata to the top of PN Isabel de Torres
Traveling
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The Dominican Home Silver

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Creel, Chihuahua, Carlos Venzor, collector, museum
Ethnic
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On Creel's Way

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View of Fa Island, Tonga, Last Polynesian Monarchy
Got2Globe Photo Portfolio
Got2Globe Portfolio

Exotic Signs of Life

Residents of Iloilo in front of one of its many churches
History
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The Most Loyal and Noble City of the Philippines

In 1566, the Spanish founded Iloilo in the south of the island of Panay and, until the XNUMXth century, it was the capital of the vast Spanish East Indies. Although it has been Philippine for almost one hundred and thirty years, Iloilo remains one of the most Hispanic cities in Asia.
Graciosa, Azores, Monte da Ajuda
Islands
Graciosa, Azores

Her Grace the Graciosa

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Oulu Finland, Passage of Time
Winter White
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Oulu: an Ode to Winter

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Almada Negreiros, Roça Saudade, Sao Tome
Literature
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Almada Negreiros: From Saudade to Eternity

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Meeting of the waters, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Nature
Manaus, Brazil

Meeting the Meeting of the Waters

The phenomenon is not unique, but in Manaus it has a special beauty and solemnity. At a certain point, the Negro and Solimões rivers converge on the same Amazonas bed, but instead of immediately mixing, both flows continue side by side. As we explore these parts of the Amazon, we witness the unusual confrontation of the Encontro das Águas.
Girl plays with leaves on the shore of the Great Lake at Catherine Palace
Autumn
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Golden Days Before the Storm

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Torres del Paine, Dramatic Patagonia, Chile
Natural Parks
PN Torres del Paine, Chile

The Most Dramatic Patagonia

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A Lost and Found City
UNESCO World Heritage
Machu Picchu, Peru

The City Lost in the Mystery of the Incas

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Characters
Look-alikes, Actors and Extras

Make-believe stars

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conversation at sunset
Beaches
Boracay, Philippines

The Philippine Beach of All Dreams

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Boat on the Yellow River, Gansu, China
Religion
Bingling Yes, China

The Canyon of a Thousand Buddhas

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Flam Railway composition below a waterfall, Norway.
On Rails
Nesbyen to Flam, Norway

Flam Railway: Sublime Norway from the First to the Last Station

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Saphire Cabin, Purikura, Tokyo, Japan
Society
Tokyo, Japan

Japanese Style Passaport-Type Photography

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Busy intersection of Tokyo, Japan
Daily life
Tokyo, Japan

The Endless Night of the Rising Sun Capital

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Newborn turtle, PN Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Wildlife
Tortuguero NP, Costa Rica

A Night at the Nursery of Tortuguero

The name of the Tortuguero region has an obvious and ancient reason. Turtles from the Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea have long flocked to the black sand beaches of its narrow coastline to spawn. On one of the nights we spent in Tortuguero we watched their frenzied births.
Full Dog Mushing
Scenic Flights
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The Alaskan Dog Mushing Summer

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