Milford Sound is somewhere that we have always wanted to visit but its always saturated with tourists, and the only time I am ever off is public holidays so we have always avoided it. However, when Mark’s work’s social club decided to organise a trip including an overnight cruise, we grabbed the chance to finally go and see it. Continue reading “Milford Sound “
Tag: Fiordland
Mammoth Tramp report: Hump Ridge Track
When I originally decided to walk the hump ridge track, the reason was so I could go places where there were no roads, see some of the beautiful untouched Fiordland, get into the great outdoors, that sort of thing. I didn’t really give it any more thought than that, until I began to look more closely into what I had agreed to.
The Hump Ridge Track is reported to be one of the most difficult walks of the famous tramping routes in Southern New Zealand due to the 1000m ascent and descent in the 62km track which is done over three days. The famous Milford track is a shorter 54km, is flatter and is done over 4 days.
With that in mind, it probably wasn’t the best one to start off with! Continue reading “Mammoth Tramp report: Hump Ridge Track”