Thursday, February 8, 2018

Report #38 Fiordland National Park - Scenic cruising February 7, 2018 Wednesday Mostly sunny & 76 degrees Part #3 Of 4 57 Pictures

Milford Sound………

 

Entrance to Milford Sound

 

Look left, and you will see the shape of the elephant in the knoll

 

No, that is not a volcano on the right

 

Dramatic entrance

 

Could easily miss this entrance

 

More guests found their way to the bow

 

Starting to look familiar

 

See the head of the elephant?

 

Scarring from rock slides

 

Viewing from the bow

 

A closer view of the elephant rock

 

Trees will grow in the smallest crevice

 

A plane for site-seeing

 

Small boats at the falls

 

Impressive

 

Water seeking its level

 

Fishing boat – they catch salmon and trout here

 

Boats heading for the falls

 

You could get very wet here!

 

Loosing steam as it falls

 

A type of tern

 

Falls

 

Natural formations

 

Type of tern

 

Touring boat

 

A gull

 

The biggest drop here

 

Melting snow

 

Pretty

 

Fullest fall we saw

 

Coming down in ribbons

 

Healthy stream

 

Ice covered peaks

 

More snow up very high

 

Village at the end of Milford Sound

 

The Jewel beat us there

 

Another mode of site-seeing

 

View from the bow

 

Another fiord boat

 

Several types of planes flew today

 

Steep as they coome

 

Barren

 

Kayakers

 

Bet that water is cold

 

Launching pier for kayakers

 

Heading towards the end

 

Ice and snow

 

Snowy peaks

 

Cold up high

 

Not accessible

 

Cliffs of Milford

 

Green

 

Ship was ready to leave

 

Site-seeing

 

Helicopter – a better option

 

Painted hull of the Jewel