The next morning, Real Journey's picked us up at the lodge & we boarded a bus at their offices in downtown Te Anau for our road trip to Milford Sound. It didn't take long for the rain to start pouring down & we began to pass over numerous rushing rivers.
I wasn't too happy sitting in the back of the bus. The windows were fogged up & rainy, so the picture taking wasn't too ideal.
We made it to Homer Tunnel - the entrance into Milford Sound & got out for a quick peak while we were waiting on traffic.
There is so much rain here & the water just pours off the mountain like streams with no place to go.
I'd highly recommend investing in a good jacket- it must be waterproof for a trip to New Zealand.
We were happy to get off the bus & enjoyed getting a little rained on.
It is a nearly mile long, one-way tunnel & traffic waits on either end to receive the signal to proceed through to the other side.
On the other side, you enter a spectacular valley, where you are surrounded on all sides by impossibly steep cliffs and hundreds of waterfalls.
The bus makes a quick stop at The Chasm, which is about a 5 minute hike from the parking lot.
The Cleddau River appears to be in a free fall once it goes over the edge & it's nearly impossible to catch a glimpse of the bottom of the falls due to all the mist created from the water hitting the rocks below at such great forces..
There are a few little bridges & an easily accessible path (as long as you don't mind getting a bit more wet.
GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: A rainy, stormy day in Houston makes a nice break from the extreme heat.
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