Te Anau & Milford Sound

We stayed just outside of Milford Sound in a small place called Te Anau for a couple of days. First, we needed some extra sleep. Also, we wanted to visit Milford Sound. Unfortunately, the weather had other plans.

We scheduled ourselves for a kayak tour of Milford, which is a rain forest and sound (not much unlike Puget Sound, except a bit smaller and more rugged). We were going to take the "Twilighter" tour, which leaves around 3pm and returns around 9pm. Keep in mind that since it is summer here, we could see daylight until 11pm sometimes.

Anyway, the rain forest part of the Sound really kicked in during the morning of our trip. We watched the weather closely, and the folks who ran the tour said that they would make a last minute decision because it could change quickly. Needless to say, with all the weather there was no kayaking for us that day. I can't really say that I minded, but it would have been cool to get a little further out into the water.

We drove back to Te Anau and got our refund, which we promptly used on a excellent Italian dinner.