{"id":8862,"date":"2025-03-29T23:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freeneasytravel.com\/?p=8862"},"modified":"2025-06-06T23:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:24:22","slug":"new-zealand-self-drive-2024-day-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeneasytravel.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/new-zealand-self-drive-2024-day-7\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Self-Drive 2024 Day 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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After a quick breakfast, we started our journey towards Milford Sound. It will be a 4-5 hour drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lots of Cattle and Sheep to view along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Te Anau Lion Lookout<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

We stopped at Te Anau Lion Lookout for a break.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Te Anau Lion Lookout<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The view here was beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Milford Sound<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

As we drove closer to Milford Sound, we started to see small waterfalls coming down from the mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Milford Sound<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Visibility became more foggy as we climbed higher and higher.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Milford Sound<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The snow cap became clearer and clearer.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Milford Sound<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Beautiful view, isn’t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After parking our car, we need to make a payment at this machine.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Parking instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Milford Sound<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

As we were early, we decided to have a quick meal there.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Milford Sound Cafe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The food was alright.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Milford Sound Cafe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Operating hours and menu of the restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n

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From the restaurant, we walked 300 meters towards the Ferry terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Milford Sound<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

View along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Milford Sound Cruise Terminal<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Arriving at the entrance of the terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Milford Sound<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

These are the ferries waiting to take us on the cruise.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Our boarding tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This is the lower deck.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Milford Sound<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

With a snack bar and washrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Milford Sound<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Free hot drinks were provided.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This is the open upper deck.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The ferry set sail after everyone had boarded.<\/p>\n\n\n

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View of the various falls along the river.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mirror Lakes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

On the way back, we stopped by Mirror Lakes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mirror Lakes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Walkways were available along certain parts of the Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mirror Lakes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Look at the Lake. When there is no wind, you can see the reflection of the mountains on the surface of the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our delicious home-cooked dinner for the night. Cheers……<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After a quick breakfast, we started our journey towards Milford Sound. It will be a 4-5 hour drive. Lots of Cattle and Sheep to view along the way. We stopped at Te Anau Lion Lookout for a break. The view here was beautiful. As we drove closer to Milford Sound, we started to see small … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[946],"tags":[111,46,265,32,994,145,992,990,996,993,42,991,995],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/freeneasytravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20241025_085608-scaled.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8838,"url":"https:\/\/freeneasytravel.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/new-zealand-self-drive-2024-day-6\/","url_meta":{"origin":8862,"position":0},"title":"New Zealand Self-Drive 2024 Day 6","date":"March 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, we will be taking the flight to Christchurch. The flight took about an hour plus. Christchurch Airport Hello Christchurch. Heading our way to collect our luggage. 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