Milford Trek

Us at the highest point of the pass.

Turquise blue glacial waterfalls.

The lake water is this color from glacial rocks rubbing together.

We flew to the south island to get to Queenstown to begin the Milford Trek. After a 10 hour bus ride through mountains and turquoise blue glacial lakes, we got ready for the 5 day guided hike. We have been ridiculing the tourist buses filled with old and/or Japanese people that we see everywhere, but before we knew it, we were on one! Being the youngest participants by far, we were regretting being on the guided tour, but found that having a hot breakfast prepared for us at 6:30am was well worth the cost. The hike was incredible, and night sky was brilliant, we saw galaxies and constellations only visible from the southern hemishpere. Our fellow hikers were actually very nice, and while the Japanese didn't speak English, Alix had fun stretching with them every morning before hiking. The rivers were crystal clear, we even saw a few big trout our first morning on the river. The first 3 days we had great weather, and on the last it poured night and day. However this wasn't too bad besides the wet hiking boots, the waterfalls started pouring down from everywhere. We saw more waterfalls than you can imagine that day, probably numbering in the thousands, it was the full Milford experience.