The Milford Track is said to be "The finest walk in the world." We agree completely however, "hike" would be a better descriptive word. The hike covers 33.5 miles over four days. The first day we took a bus from Queenstown to Te Anu where we took a ferry boat ride across Lake Te Anu to the head of the trail and had a 2 km hike to the first lodge. The second day was where the hike truly began and we did 10 miles that day. The third day we summited a Mckinnon pass and did a totoal of 5,000 feet elevation and 9 miles. The 4th and final day lead us to the Milford sound and was a 13.5 mile hike. The group we hiked with was incredibly diverse with people from Korea, the UK, Australia and France and age ranges from 15-65. The rivers we hiked a long were incredibly clear and pristine. They also had huge rainbow and brown trout which we attempted to catch (Brian being the only successful one). The water was so clean we could fill up our water bottles without treating the water at any water source along the hike. We highly recommend this adventure to anyone who has a love of the outdoors and natures beauty.
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