Milford Track

Fog and trees on Milford Track

Waterfall in distance on Milford Track

Waterfall cascade at distance

Waterfall with cloud below

Mirror Lake Waterfall

Waterfalls seen through fog

Mountain with fog

Waterfalls with sunlight on them

Cascading waterfall

Waterfall seen from track

River near Mintaro Hut

Waterfalls seen hiking up MacKinnon Pass

Waterfall with faint fog

Thick fog on mountain

Fog above long waterfall

Close up of fog and trees near Dumpling Hut

Fog and waterfalls looking up

Close up of waterfall near end of milford track

Waterfall with through trees on mountain

Waterfalls near end of Milford Track

Waterfalls with fog above

Sutherland Falls

Giant Gate Falls

Background

On Thursday, March 9th, 2023, I started on the Milford Track hike. It's the most popular Great Walk in New Zealand and typically sells out many months in advance. I was able to go because I found a single opening at just one day before.

Transport

For transport, I booked through Fiordland Outdoors. At 1:25PM, I took the Tracknet Bus from the visitor center in Te Anau to Te Anau Downs. From there I took the 2:00PM boat to the start of the Milford Track. On Sunday, March 12th at 1:10PM, I took the water taxi from Sandfly Point to Milford Sound. After this, I waited for the Cheeky Kiwi Bus back to Te Anau visitor center, where I started.

Hiking Milford Track

The first day required a boat trip and then a short hike to Clinton Hut. On Friday, the hike was to Mintaro Hut. Finally, on Saturday the hike was to Dumpling Hut. The last day was a hike to Sandfly Point to be picked up by a boat.