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USD $124.00
Full-Day Milford Sound Hiking Tour with Cruise
Te Anau, New Zealand
Enjoy a relaxed, small group day excursion to Milford Sound, including a nature boat cruise along the full length of the fiord to the Tasman Sea. Then select either a series of short walks and exploration with a local nature guide, or 2 1/2 hours hiking (unguided) on the renowned Routeburn Great Walk to Key Summit.
We collect you from your Te Anau accommodation, then travel along the spectacular alpine Milford Road. Your local, experienced nature guides/drivers, are eager to share their stories, knowledge and passion for the area, bringing the mysteries of Fiordland to life.
On reaching Milford Sound you will join a morning Nature Boat Cruise 2.5 hours in duration. The cruise provides excellent viewing opportunities, and plenty of time available to enjoy the waterfalls, rainforest, mountains and wildlife (seals, penguins and dolphins) around the fiord.
A picnic lunch is included in the cost, if you have any dietary requirements please let us know.
A walk in Fiordland is a must, even if it is only a few hundred meters. On completion of the cruise we begin our overland tour. Depending on your motivations you can choose a series of short walks with the nature guide or 2.5 hours walking on the Routeburn Track to Key Summit.
Short Walks and Photo Option - Enjoy a series of short, guided walks, with your local guide. Our National Park concession allows us to access the Gertrude Valley, Lake Gunn, and Hollyford Valley, so you can get off the beaten track and explore a range of different environments in this World Heritage Area. Plentiful opportunities are made for you to experience the natural fauna and flora with all your senses and capture it on camera. Catering for all ages and abilities, stops are made to suit people's interests and weather on the day.
Routeburn Track Key Summit Option - For the more active this is walking, hiking or in New Zealand we say 'tramping' at it's best. Ascend up the Routeburn Track enroute to Key Summit through lush beech rainforest and into the alpine environment with panoramic views of the surrounding Fiordland Mountains, alpine lakes and deep bush clad valleys. This option is unguided unless the whole group on the day takes this option.
Our full-day trip was absolutely FANTASTIC! Our guide - Doug Thorne, was extremely knowledgeable, and since he grew up in this area and calls this gorgeous landscape his 'backyard', he was even able to throw in so many delightful personal stories and anecdotes while sharing some commentary. Doug took enough breaks to let us have opportunities to take photos, and was very good humored. Lunch was provided and according to our preferences vegetarian vs. non, and then the boat ride... the boat ride was magical and at some point I stopped taking pictures with my camera, and instead just tried to take it ALL IN. BEAUTIFUL. _br/_ We also stopped to do a semi-difficult hike up to Key Summit, which was one of my favorite walks/hikes we did while in the Te Anau area. My mom whose knee was somewhat hurting on our way back took a bit longer, so my brother and I and her were lagging about 20 minutes behind the rest of the gang - and so Doug and one of our other fellow-tourists came looking for us... _br/_ This experience was perfect and I highly highly recommend it for families and anyone else. If when I go back, I'll be sure to do this all over again! :
Review by: Kevin B, January 2018
The number of people on the trip is smaller than many of the larger tour operators so the experience was more customized for the group and allowed for more questions. The guide was very knowledgable and we would not hesitate to book again with the tour operator.
Review by: Shiran C, November 2017
We took this amazing tour to Milford Sound. Our tour guide, Doug, was very knowledgeable and funny. I am so glad we did Milford with Trips and Tramps. We were a small group so it felt personalized and we got there before most of the other tours arrived and beat the crowds. The day was perfect.
Review by: CB, May 2017
Full day Milford Sound Hiking Tour started around 730am and retuning around 530pm to and from Te Anau._br/_ Excellent day out even though it rained , so did not do Key Summit Track so alternative plans kicked in walking some other short tracks and visiting other interesting sites. Also stopped to see the cheeky Kea birds._br/_ The boat trip was fantastic -on board the very large Real Journeys over night boat which was not crowded so provided excellent views of the multiple water falls together with excellent on board commentary plus free tea-coffee aboard.
Review by: chapter9x2008, March 2017
This tour was excellent. The tour size is small, the tour guide incredibly knowledgeable about the area, wildlife, and history, and the tour of the Sound is just spectacular. All in all an excellent way to spend the day.
Review by: Peter D, April 2016
The perfect day from start to finish. Steve , who owns the business, gave us the best day. The drive out was great starting with fog in town to sunshine as we got to the Sound. The cruise on Sinbad was just fantastic. An absolute must do. One of the best trips ever._br/_ Then we did the Heli tour up to the glacier, 8000 feet up so quickly it was so exhilarating and then the walk on the glacier.
Review by: Mehul S, April 2016
Great tour guide resulting in awesome hiking tour. And the cruise was always going to be good.
Review by: Veronica C, February 2016
The guide was excellent she knew her stuff and was keen to impart her knowledge to us. She made the 2 hour trip to Milford Sound very interesting. The weather, unfortunately, was not good for the Milford Sound trip but we went for a tremendous walk to Key Summit in the afternoon when the weather was wonderful and the scenery spectacular. Lunch was ok and afternoon tea comprised a cup of tea or instant coffee with a biscuit. The food let down the tour otherwise i would have rated it 5 stars.
Review by: Elizabeth E, February 2016
Great day ..tour guide Douglass very knowledgable and pfriendly guide ..enjoyed the Xperience muchly
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