The four-day hike on the Milford Track in New Zealand’s amazing Fiordland National Park has been called one of the world’s great treks for generations. Measuring 53.5 kilometers/33.2 miles long, the trail starts at sprawling Lake Te Anau, ascends the Clinton River Valley below innumerable waterfalls plunging down rainforest-clad mountains to the alpine splendor of 1,154-meter/3,786-foot Mackinnon Pass, then makes a long descent back into rainforest, past countless more waterfalls, to finish in world-famous Milford Sound, where peaks soar 1,500 meters/5,000 feet straight up out of the sea.
This e-book will tell you all you need to know to plan this trip, including tips on the best season, difficulty, weather, transportation, huts, extensive gear tips, details of each day on the track, and what you need to know regarding safety and other issues specific to the Milford Track.
It sets itself apart from other guides to this track by offering detailed advice on dealing with the two primary challenges of the Milford: rain that can be heavy and go on for days and booking huts for one of the most popular treks on the planet—which typically books up for the entire season within minutes after reservations open. This e-book shares possibly the most valuable tip for booking Milford huts you will find anywhere (which I used to successfully book our trip for four people).
Watch the video below and read my blog story about my family trek, “Learning to—Love?—the Rain on New Zealand’s Milford Track,” which has dozens of photos and is partially free for anyone to read but requires a paid subscription to read in full.
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