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Well....milford sound. the most visited place in the south of new zealand because of the breath taking views on the boat trips around the sound (inlet of water from the sea with big peaks and hills.) when we went on the boat trip to see these fantastic peaks and hills it was tipping it down with rain, freezing cold and very foggy and misty. we could hardly see a thing! but it was still fun, the waterfalls were amazing and really powerfull because it was raining. we also saw a big pod of dolphins that swam along with the boat, they were beautiful! the drive up to milford sound was probably the highlight. we hired out a car for 4 days and drove ourselves up there instead of doing a 12hour day on the coach. the views on the way up were just amazing, it was getting close to winter so the mountains were all covered in snow and there were fantastic waterfalls and beautiful lakes. there were lots of kea birds (huge birds of prey exclusive to this area in new zealand) on the way back to queentown we stopped for a night at a place called te anau. we stayed at a great holiday park in a cabin and the lake nearby was lovely. we spent the next night back in queenstown and dropped our car back to the hire shop in the morning, it was so fun driving again!
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