1. Fiordland National Park
This park is part of
the South Westland World Heritage area and is New
Zealand's largest national park and one of
the largest in the world. The scenery in Fiordland is nothing short of
stunning, with deep fiords, steep mountains, raging waterfalls, and lush rain
forests.
Fiordland is home to Milford Sound described by Rudyard
Kipling as the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ and Doubtful Sound which many say
is even more spectacular. The area also has some of the world's great walks
including the world famous Milford
Track, which was billed as the finest walk in the world in the early twentieth
century by the London Spectator. That said, there are a number of walks here
that rival the Milford, including
the Routeburn and Kepler. In addition to the walks, there isSutherland Falls
one of thousands of waterfalls in the park, and one of the highest in the world.
You can also dive in the fiords and see deep sea plants growing near the
surface and the chance of seeing dolphins, seals, and rare bird life is high. If
you are still not convinced about visiting, then there is also Mitre
Peak a mountain that rises to the
staggering height of 1 mile straight out of the ocean.
Fiordland is however one of the wettest places on Earth and
when it rains, thousands of waterfalls put on quite a show, (imagine countless
raging waterfalls side by side thundering into the salt water of the sea). On a
fine day however, the landscape is so other worldy that you would think that
you were in the movie Lord of the Rings, which is no exaggeration given that
much of the movie was filmed here.
Fiordland is situated in the Southland region.
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