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Attractions in Fiordland: Fiordland National Park protects one of the world's most unique habitats—where deep, clean fingers of the Southern Ocean invade the 10,000 foot high Southern Alps. This is a land of unexpected juxtaposition: jungles, oceans, and snowcaps; penguins and parrots; environmental conservation and major tourism. Most people come for the two Milfords: Milford Sound and Milford Track. But many leave having discovered something else, the modern challenge of eco-tourism—protecting the most fragile of environments while sharing its rich treasures with the world.
Activities in Fiordland: Hiking the Milford, Kepler, Routeburn, Greenstone, and Hollyford Tracks. Cruising the region's great fiords: Milford, Doubtful and Dusky. Riding the Kingston Flyer, one of the last great legacies of New Zealand's glorious national steam narrow-guage rail system.
THE KINGSTON FLYER ON A DRAMATIC
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF GUIDED TOUR Getting around Fiordland: Use of a rental car is essential here. Except for occasional
bottlenecks at the historic Homer Tunnel near Milford, roads in Fiordland are usually
lightly traveled. ORGANIZED TOURS TO MILFORD SOUND |
MITRE PEAK AND MILFORD SOUND
Lodgings: Top quality bed and breakfast 
Getting to/from Fiordland: Home at First guests arrive in Fiordland by
rental car, normally coming south and west from 