After leaving Milford, we arrived in a town I'd been excited to see since first researching New Zealand. Te Anau is pretty small, but it's located on one of NZ's largest lakes and is the gateway to the Milford Sound, so it's a hip-hop-happenin' sort of place. The geography of New Zealand is really difficult on much of the South Island-- you can't get to a lot of places directly since there's huge mountains in the way. So, while Milford Sound is probably only about a two hour drive away from Wanaka as the crow flies, to actually get there you have to drive 4 hours south to Te Anau, and then another two up to Milford.
(Originally from March 14th-17th)
After leaving Milford, we arrived in a town I'd been excited to see since first researching New Zealand. Te Anau is pretty small, but it's located on one of NZ's largest lakes and is the gateway to the Milford Sound, so it's a hip-hop-happenin' sort of place. The geography of New Zealand is really difficult on much of the South Island-- you can't get to a lot of places directly since there's huge mountains in the way. So, while Milford Sound is probably only about a two hour drive away from Wanaka as the crow flies, to actually get there you have to drive 4 hours south to Te Anau, and then another two up to Milford.
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