峡湾国家公园

峡湾国家公园，魔戒的拍摄地，常年下雨，离开皇后镇时天气一片晴朗，到了峡湾国家公园的入口处，天空已经是一片灰暗，越往里走，雨势越大，两边嶙峋峭壁，挂着无数的瀑布，气势壮观，犹如进入了梦幻世界。

一个美丽的国度，风景怡人，严重期待着......在一个空气清新的早晨，漫步在公园的草地上，与爱人、小孩一同呼吸一天最好的空气，大家有说有笑，一起憧憬美好的未来......

第二天早上,因为全身酸疼,我们比原计划起得稍晚了一些,大约8点才出的门。我们乘坐了15分钟的班车到达开普勒步道的起点,这是新西兰的另一极好步道。而且当新西兰人把什么称为'步道'的时候,他们可不是在忽悠人 (我是加拿大人)。我们的这趟行程花了整整3天,那儿有好多山,我们垂直向上差不多爬了将近1900米,然后有几乎是又垂直向下走了1900米。第一天,我们没头没脑地花了一个小时沿着一个烟波四起的湖泊穿过沙滩森林。沿途的风景很美。然后我们又在登山跑步机花了整整5个小时。我们爬了1400多米,穿过茂密的森林,那里面满是向上的转向线。到了4小时标志那儿,树木都突然不见了,取而代之的是高山灌木和裸露的岩石。我们发现自己正在俯瞰半天前我们住的地方,整个的景色尽收眼底。45分钟后,我们到达了小屋,我的脚酸得要死,终于找到个地方来休息休息,放下包袱了。第二天是我们这次徒步旅行的亮点。整个小屋里一共住了差不多40多人,大家的旅行线路都一样,天黑前我们就入睡了,我们把闹钟调到很早,这样我们就能比别人先出发了。大约早上6:15的时候,我们就起来了,还看到了美丽的山间日出。第二天的行程就是越过几座大山。我们又多爬了500多米,走过山脊峭壁,而且我发誓我们走的其中一段绝对可以称为不折不扣的"刮胡刀片"。由于是从萨斯喀彻温省来,我总习惯于往各个方向都看看,可是当我发现那个峭壁的方向是垂直向下,距离最近时,我的膝盖开始发抖了,看来是不得不走那段路了。那个峭壁下的狭窄的小径绝对容不了任何一步的闪失。那下面除了深达1900米的深渊,真的就没什么可接住你了。但是我走得很小心,所以总算是有惊无险,我终于成功了。接近晚上的时候,我们终于到达了整个行程的第二个休息站,我们在那儿的一条山间小河里洗了个舒服澡,算是慰劳一下自己。我情不自禁地往清澈的河底看了看,居然看到了一些鳟鱼,这些鳟鱼在嬉戏着,激起一道道的涟漪,很有趣。第三天真的是最累的一天,因为我们要走很长的一段路,穿过森林到达终点。18公里听起来也许不是那么的长,但当你背上背着重达50磅的行囊,还有33公里的山路在等着你时,相信我,这样的徒步真的让脚都吃不消了。虽然很累,可是开普勒真的很迷人。

米尔福德小道一次很棒的徒步旅行......是我在新西兰渡过的最愉快的四天......

这个公园真的令人叹为观止!美不可言。我们去的那天下雨有点冷,但这丝毫没有减分。我推荐你乘船穿越峡湾。

去峡湾国家公园徒步已经有一段日子了,不过现在想起来还是觉得很美好,即使在徒步途中,超大颗的雨水一直狂砸在我的防水外套上的时候,我的心情也是开心的,当我踏上力士摩山的山顶之后,还开始下雪了!!我们把车存在假假日停车场,然后坐Tracknet巴士去徒步的起点,徒步开始啦!!!开普勒步行道我们走了三天才走完,第一晚上我们住在卢西莫旅馆,一路往上走的时候,在你眼前的是一大段看不到尽头的路,下一个目标是梯安瑙,那里算是峡湾国家公园的大门。往上走去卢西莫的那段路我走得很辛苦,因为当时我身体有点不舒服!!不过当你越往上,你就会看到山毛榉雨林不同的层次,走一段之后,你会看到只会生长在高海拔地区的树,再走一会,你就会看到被草丛和高山植物覆盖的一片比较开阔的地方。之后,我们从住的小屋那里出发,走下去参观石灰岩洞,中间隔得不远,我们还在石灰岩洞里面小小的探险了一番,记住带火把哦!!有的人很聪明,直接坐直升机上到山顶,然后一路往下走,唉,我怎么没想到这点呢,不然我就不用一路辛苦的往上爬了!!第二天我们走的是整段徒步的"高山段",很好玩,卢西莫谷地那一段路有点吓人,不过很好玩,走到谷地下面的时候,我以为我肯定爬不上去了,不过不知怎么搞的,我竟然还是爬上去了。到了顶端之后,云雾刚好也散了,我们看到了超漂亮的风景!!看完风景之后,我们又沿着楼梯一直往下走,去伊瑞思本谷和伊瑞思本旅馆。走了一天的路,我们已经筋疲力尽了,默默的吃晚饭之后,我们马上就上床去睡觉了。第二天早上起得很早,而且精神很饱满,感觉很舒服!!第二天走的路比较轻松,一直沿着蜿蜒的伊瑞思本河走!!天还很早,我们就到了最后一晚上要住的Motorau旅馆,开好房间之后,我们去玛纳普利湖游了个泳。然后我们决定改变一下最后一天的行程,绕路去一座超大的摇摆桥玩!!那座桥真的很酷哦,站在上面看着下面的水晶般透明的河水流过,本来想在河边抓条鱼的,没一会儿就听到Tracknet巴士的汽笛声,然后我就坐车回假日停车场了。徒步完成之后,我们觉得全身都痛,不过心情是非常激动的,我们一起出去吃了顿饭,庆祝我们又变干净了,不过是在脱衣服去洗之后。去桑拿洗了个澡放松了一下之后,我们又拖着疼痛的身体上路了。

We saw this park in all of it's weather conditions, fabulous in rain and shine.Partner and I did an overnight boat trip on Doubtful Sound with Fiordland Expeditions, fresh fish and crayfish for dinner, and the weather was sunny and the serenity spectacular.Then we did a day trip to Milford with Real Journeys. The rain just bucketed down as soon as we entered the park, and continued all the time we were there. But the wild weather just made it all the more stunning, thousdands of waterfalls cascading down the walls of the Sound, some even being blown back upwards by the fierce winds, truely spectacular sights.A wonderful experience to see both of these Sounds as part of the National Park experience.

The views with small water falls & springs were amazing. The mirror lakes on the way were good to click pictures. The national park is very close to the locations of the famous Hollywood movie,"The Hobbit".

The road was winding and pleasant. We were up driving before dawn and there was only light traffic. Use caution and stay in your lane as some sections are quite narrow. Lots of places to stop and take photos -- but there we so many beautiful vistas we wish there were many more!

My husband and I did the overnight cruise. We enjoyed it but the Sound is not actually that big. You see it all in an afternoon or morning cruise easily, and once it is dark you can see nothing.

I spent a good morning studying the information available at the visitors' centre and walking along the side of the lake.

I was fortunate enough to visit both Milford Sound and take an overnight cruise on Doubtful Sound. Just amazingly beautiful!

Overnight trip on Doubtful Sound was an absolute highlight of our New Zealand adventure. Good food, lovely staff, comfortable rooms and an experience of nature at its most inspiring.

I wasn't lucky with the weather and had a lot of rain and mist so I can't really review the views but the forest was lovely and fairytale like. My only remark is that the doc kinda takes advantage of having the only accomodation, it's pricey for huts....

We drove through Fjordland on the way to Milford Sound and frankly this was the highlight of the trip. The scenery is magnificent and each turn brought more oohs and ahhs than you can imagine. We stopped off at Mirror Lake and the Chasm and loved these little side trips. The pictures attached tell the story.