Milford Track, New Zealand hiking

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	Milford Track, New Zealand

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At a glance:

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you MUST book months in advance!
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open 25 October 2005 to 26 April 2006
most famous (and expensive) hike in New Zealand
easy alpine hike over a high pass to Milford Sound
minimum of 53.5 km (plus side trips)
restricted to 3 nights, 4 days on the Track
restricted to specified huts (no tenting allowed) restricted to 40 indpendent hikers / day
no food and drink available to purchase en route
recommended late October through April
often very wet
sandflies can be a nuisance
Dec. 2004 tour companies caught bringing on too many hikers <article>

Milford Sound

Finest Walk in the World?

The most famous tramp in New Zealand, the Milford Track is often called the Finest Walk in the World. It is great — 4 days; over a mountain saddle, sprayed by spectacular Sutherland Falls, boating on spectacular Milford Sound. Rudyard Kipling called Milford Sound the eighth wonder of the world.

The Milford Track is wild wet terrain; lakes, rivers, waterfalls, rainforest, beech and podocarp forest, alpine meadows. The fishing is superb. You enjoy amazing views from well marked, mostly easy track.

Some (including many Kiwis) prefer nearby alpine alternatives; the Routeburn, Kepler, Cascade Saddle or Dusky Sound Tracks. No doubt about it, the Southern Alps of New Zealand is one of the most fabulous hiking destinations on Earth.

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