Milford Sound area

So, we have been in Milford Sound for 4 days without cell or wifi connections. It was heavenly - very relaxing. We camped at the Milford Sound Lodge, the only camping site in the Sound. The Sound was named incorrectly, it is actually a Fiord. The fiord is breathtakingly beautiful. We took the first boat cruise out in the morning when the bus loads of tourists had not arrived yet as advised by the locals and were rewarded with a nice chat with one of the crew from Edmonton, Alberta and a glacial facial courtesy of the Captain and Stirling Falls. There are very few people that actually stay in Milford so there a lot of bus tours that come in for the day. 

In the afternoon we hiked the Key Summit. The views at the top were awesome - I did expect Legalus and Aragon to go running by on the opposite range!

Unfortunately , the downhill was a little hard on my knee so we did not do any other big hikes but did go see Humboldt Falls and did yoga on the beach - again!  The last night we stayed at a DOC campsite on Mackay Creek on our way back from Milford. Mackay Creek is in the valley of the Murchison Mountains. 

The sites are situated beside the creek, where Rob had a swim-shower, there is no power, no water but an abundance of stars!