Fiordland National Park Photos

Here are some photos of Milford Sound, when we went in to it in December 2008 on our Christmas / New Year cruise on the Volendam.

We where lucky enough to be able to make it in to all 3 sounds, Dusky Sound, Doubtful Sound and Milford Sound.

Going in to the Milford Sound:

The day we went in to Milford Sound we had company......., we where following the Celebrity Millennium....

One of the local tour boats going in for a dunking: :D

Celebrity - Millennium turning around to go out:

Celebrity - Millennium passing the Volendam:

Celebrity - Millennium going out:

Mitre Peak: (I think?)

Milford town:

Leaving Milford Sound....

Bye Bye Milford Sound:

Sorry about the bigger then usual copyright, if you would like to use any of these images PLEASE let me know, Thank you!

Great photos Stu :D

Some serious waterfalls happening there!

Lovely. Fingers crossed we get into them all next time. :rolleyes:

Fantastic photos...I treasure mine as well, this is a fabulous place to cruise or visit...highly recommended.

great photos kiwi nearly as good as mine of milford sound lol only joking they are great, may be as sandy said the next time we go we may get to go all three.

Lovely photo's. Can't wait to experience it in person on Pacific Pearl in March 2011.

Beautiful photos. We had to miss the fjords on our cruise last November due to bad weather. But I must say that as beautiful as they are I think the Norweigan fjords is more beautiful......

Fantastic pics! We were told the day we went through by the guy that was doing the commentary over the loud speaker that he could not remember a day in the Sound that was as clear and as sunny as the weather we were having, but now having seen your cloudy rainy ones, makes me kinda wish we had it the other way round. Thanks for posting Stu :)

Fantastic pics! We were told the day we went through by the guy that was doing the commentary over the loud speaker that he could not remember a day in the Sound that was as clear and as sunny as the weather we were having, but now having seen your cloudy rainy ones, makes me kinda wish we had it the other way round. Thanks for posting Stu :)

I think having the sun would be so good. And yes they are fantastic photos.

The morning we sailed in it was so cold and wet. We didn't see the village of Milford.

I have been twice to Milford sound, and both times the weather wasn't very good.

I am hoping we will get back next year, trying to convince my DH to go on a cruise on the Radiance of the Seas to New Zealand.

THANK YOU for sharing, I love the pictures.

Beautiful photos. We had to miss the fjords on our cruise last November due to bad weather. But I must say that as beautiful as they are I think the Norweigan fjords is more beautiful......

I agree with you grumpy. You've done well to see both! :-)

Thanks for sharing these photos.

I have my fingers crossed for some sun when we are there 29th December 2010.

Thanks for sharing. We were suppose to make a day of this last November but there were 30' seas coming from the south so went through Cook Strait on our way from Sydney and bypassed Fiordland National Park. Some of the locals said this was going to be the highlight of the trip.

Those are magnificent photos, Kiwi. Really looking forward to my RSS Navigator cruise in two months!

Were you out on the lower promenade deck of the Volendam to take most of these great photos?

Were you out on the lower promenade deck of the Volendam to take most of these great photos?

I was all over the ship taken those photo, the first few if I can remember correctly where taken from the deck where the life boats are above you (Which I think was the lower promenade deck)

The rest where taken from the top decks.

Hope this helps :)

Thank you Kiwi cruiser.

Great photos ... wow you certainly had some water flowing off those cliffs!

We had blue sky ... which was beautiful, but certainly not that amount of water.

We were lucky to get in ... we had a force 9 gale and 4m seas the night after we left!:eek:

We're planning a Christmas cruise for 2012, it's nice to see such a lovely preview of our trip! Thank you so much for sharing.