Milford Sound

The following day we traveled to Milford Sound; definitely the more touristy and popular trip. While the day before had been rejuvenating and interesting, this day was a pure tourist trap trip. We stopped, en mass, at all of the designated places (I think so picked because there was room for 50 tour buses to park) on the bus from Te Anau up to Pearl Harbor. The driver on this trip, however, while sharing some historical information, was also a sales person for the many different air trips you could purchase from Milford Sound. It really got old after a while – I think he must have gotten a commission from all of the fly companies. We did run into a LOT of sheep on the road. The farmers were moving them after sheering and they completely blocked the road at one point forcing all of the tour buses to slowly work their way around the milling sheep. Our recommendation would be to drive yourself out to Milford Sound and catch the boat.
The boat trip itself was great. While it’s very similar to Doubtful Sound, we had a bit of a sunny day so the waterfalls were not quite as plentiful. They do have a spectacular waterfall called Bowen Waterfall that was well worth seeing.