{"id":4995,"date":"2023-01-03T04:10:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T09:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/?p=4995"},"modified":"2023-01-03T04:10:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T09:10:20","slug":"day-55-drive-to-milford-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/?p=4995","title":{"rendered":"Day 55, Drive to Milford Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tuesday, December 27, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we drove from Lake Manapouri toward Milford Sound, we discovered that there were lots of freedom camping areas north of Te Anau. But the park charged $15 per person, so freedom camping there was not free!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Milford road goes through spectacular valleys, but it is a scary place. We found out on our return journey that there are 3 accidents per day on average on the road. The road kept climbing, snaking up the valley, with few guard rails and lots of sheer drops. Agh!!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We reached the Homer tunnel , and we had to wait 8 minutes for our turn to go through. I was first in line, but I waved to the cars and buses to go by me. I wanted to be last and not have anyone on my tail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the Milford Lodge is both a hotel and a campground. The sand flies are terrible in the area, so everyone in the campground cooks and eats in the campground building, rather than outside. I had my fly hat from Uluru, so I was the envy of everyone being bothered by flies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lake Manapouri <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Southern Alps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lake Te Anau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lake Te Anua. When Jim and I did the Milford trek 49 years ago, we were taken by boat to the end of the lake to begin our walk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Map showing the Milford trek and the Milford road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The scenery just kept getting more and more dramatic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An area with freedom camping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We kept going higher and higher until we went thru the tunnel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Homer tunnel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Made it safely to Milford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Katie and family took a hike along the river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The mountains seem to go straight up from the hotel\/campground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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