Local Living Tours & Trips in Milford Sound

An overnight cruise aboard the Milford Mariner goes through Fiordland National Park with a specialist nature guide sharing local ecological knowledge. You can check out the shoreline by kayak or tender boat, getting close to the fiord's ecosystem with fur seals and seabirds. Three-course buffet dinner and cooked breakfast are served in the dining saloon while surrounded by waterfalls and rainforest.

See World Heritage Fiordland National Park's 1,692-meter Mitre Peak and cascading Stirling Falls from a guided cruise boat. Stay at Te Anau lakeside accommodation, gateway to Milford Sound's glacier-carved fiords. Meet the Bamford Family at their six-generation Hurunui Hills farm for sheepdog demonstrations, premium Merino wool displays, and Waipara Springs vineyard wine tastings among Canterbury vines.

Connect with nature guides aboard Milford Mariner overnight cruise learning about Milford Sound's ecosystem while spotting fur seals and native birds. Kayak fjord shorelines checking out temperate rainforest and cascading waterfalls accessible only by water in Fiordland National Park. Walk Mirror Lake's reflective boardwalk and hand-hewn Homer Tunnel while learning about glacial valley formation with specialist interpretation.

Take tender boat trips out to Milford Sound's thundering waterfalls and look for fur seals along the rugged coastlines. You'll stay aboard the Coral Adventurer while cruising through Piopiotahi's tall mountain peaks, then walk between Deas Cove and Neck Cove at Doubtful Sound—known as the 'place of silence.'

Walk the Kaikōura peninsula track where you'll likely spot sea lions and various bird species, then board a whale-watching catamaran to see sperm, humpback, and pilot whales while hydrophones pick up their underwater calls. Later, cruise Milford Sound's dark waters getting close to waterfalls and cliffs where Fiordland crested penguins nest.