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Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

This week I’ll continue with our 2019 Majestic Princess cruise through New Zealand’s Fiordland National park. But today we’re going to concentrate on the surrounding mountains and the myriad islands that dot the waters.

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Here in Fiordland there are some fifteen glacially carved deep fiords. The two we’re exploring in this series are Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound, which I’ll explain in more depth starting next week during our March 2020 visitation.

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Some of the fiords reach inland up to 25 miles/40 kilometers. And the mountains on view here are the southern most extension of the Southern Alps range, which traverse nearly the full length of New Zealand’s South Island.

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

In addition to the fiords, glacial carving left behind many islands in the waterways:

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

The surrounding Southern Alp peaks are tall enough to display a prominent tree line:

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

From tall mountains to calm waters, the views here make for quite a pleasing contrast:

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

And, of course, the magnificent beech woodlands add to the attraction:

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

The dramatic sheer drop-offs into the fiords are an added plus for the photographer:

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Fiordland National Park; from Majestic Princess

March 2019, and the weather was truly our friend as our ship Majestic Princess traversed deep into first Milford Sound, and later Doubtful Sound. I’ll go into more detail on these two areas when we view the return trip photos taken a year later. That series will start in twelve days, on 14 September. As it was, our time in Milford Sound this day started out cloudy:

Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park

But things brightened up considerably as the morning sun burned off the fog and mist:

Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park

One of the draws here are the bountiful waterfall cascading from the steep cliffs:

Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park

And there are a lot of such waterfalls here in Fiordland:

Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park

Now let’s enjoy some of the views:

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Including this tranquil scene of a small boat plying sound waters:

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Two more images from Fiordland for today:

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand