New Zealand

Milford Sound

Milford Sound / Piopiotahi is the dramatic endpoint of one of New Zealand’s most memorable road journeys. The inlet lies in Fiordland National Park on the South Island, where steep, glacier-cut walls rise from dark water and waterfalls descend from forested cliffs. The English word “sound” is a historical label: geologically, this is a fiord carved by ice and later flooded by the sea. Its Māori name, Piopiotahi, means “one piopio,” referring to a native…...