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Milford Sound (0.4 miles from Milford Sound Airport)
Fiordland Discovery offers a scenic overnight boat cruise around New Zealand's iconic Milford Sound. Our stay at Milford Overnight Cruise was by far one of the best highlights of our honeymoon. The boat is lovely and the crew was simply amazing: resourceful, knowledgeable, and just truly passionate about the Sounds. Dinner was great and we got to see half a dozen dolphins in the morning, playing around the boat while we sailed across the waterfalls...Thank you for an amazing experience!!
Milford Sound (0.8 miles from Milford Sound Airport)
With mountain views, Milford Sound Lodge is located in Milford Sound and has a restaurant, room service, bar and garden. The lodge features both WiFi and private parking free of charge. Great location . Gourmet food . Very friendly and helpful staff .
Glenorchy (24 miles from Milford Sound Airport)
Kinloch Wilderness Retreat features a garden, shared lounge, a terrace and restaurant in Glenorchy. This 3-star hostel offers a shared kitchen, a concierge service and free WiFi. we are a group of 17. 12 persons stay in a very comfy house with 2 big private bathroom. We enjoy the ambience of the family room. This accomodation also allow us to use its public kitchen. The kitchen is big and complete, plus dinner table. The scenery of lake and mountain in front of restaurant and our stay is gorgeous too
Hotel in Glenorchy ( 24 miles)
EcoScapes has a garden, terrace, a restaurant and bar in Glenorchy. The hotel features a hot tub, room service and free WiFi. Guest rooms at the hotel come with a seating area and a TV. It was just excellent in all respects.
Glenorchy (24 miles from Milford Sound Airport)
Whare Puwaha - River Mouth House is set in Glenorchy. This property offers access to a terrace, free private parking and free WiFi. Staff on-site can arrange a shuttle service.
Glenorchy (25 miles from Milford Sound Airport)
Set in Glenorchy, 42 km from Lake Wakatipu, Mountain View Studios Glenorchy features a garden and views of the garden. This property offers access to a patio, free private parking and free WiFi. Quiet, private, clean, modern and probably what you’d expect for the price.
Glenorchy (25.3 miles from Milford Sound Airport)
Situated in Glenorchy and only 43 km from Lake Wakatipu, Alpine Retreat with a View features accommodation with mountain views, free WiFi and free private parking. This apartment has a garden.
Glenorchy (25.7 miles from Milford Sound Airport)
Set in Glenorchy, 47 km from Skyline Gondola and Luge, Glenorchy Lake House offers accommodation with a hot tub. The property features mountain and lake views, and is 36 km from Lake Wakatipu. Everything about this property was exceptional. Very pleased we made a last minute decision to stay here. Only wish we could have stayed longer than the 2 nights we had. Thank you for the opportunity to stay in such a beautiful location.
Hotel in Glenorchy ( 25.8 miles)
Located in Glenorchy and with Lake Wakatipu reachable within 36 km, GY BOUTIQUE HOTEL provides a garden, allergy-free rooms, free WiFi throughout the property and a bar. The location of the hotel is very good, near the lake and Lagoon. The room is comfortableand well equipped.We really enjoy our stay there.It's a good choice in Glenorchy.
Glenorchy (25.9 miles from Milford Sound Airport)
Located in Glenorchy, 36 km from Lake Wakatipu and 46 km from Skyline Gondola and Luge, #3 Glenorchy Alpine Suite ASPEN offers air conditioning. Very clean and comfortable. Had everything we needed. Nice and quiet too.
Glenorchy (25.9 miles from Milford Sound Airport)
Situated in Glenorchy in the Otago region, #1 Glenorchy Alpine DELUXE Suite features accommodation with free WiFi and free private parking. Great location. Glenorchy is a delightful spot with good access to local walks and hikes. Accommodation was great, very well equipped.
Glenorchy (25.9 miles from Milford Sound Airport)
Set in Glenorchy, 36 km from Lake Wakatipu and 46 km from Skyline Gondola and Luge, #2 Glenorchy Alpine Suite offers air conditioning. Loved our stay here in Glenorchy the accommodation was perfect and comfortable.Loved that it had a kitchen and was close to everything we walked everywhere Would definitely stay here again. Thank you 🙂
Milford Sound is the most magical place that you can visit. We booked to stay 2 nights having stayed in Queenstown. Queenstown was beautiful and we loved it with it vibrancy and huge number of activities. Milford Sound was beautiful in a completely different way. Appearing untouched, it is the most spectacular scenery with incredible treks. As we stayed at Milford Sound Lodge, we were able to wake up to the local Kea clambering for attention. For the few hours that we had without the tourist buses, cannot be understated. We took a cruise which is mandatory but it still impresses beyond expectations. Whether you're a trekker or simply wanting to relax and enjoy the beauty and majesty of the area, you will be blown away. The Lodge's staff, food and recommendations are invaluable. Enjoy!
We were lucky in that we could afford to stay at the lodge for two nights, it’s a long trip, 4 hours, from Queenstown to do in one day. There are not many signs along the way telling you how far it is until your destination, that would have helped. Take your time if you are driving and stop a long the way, the views an hour away from Milford Sound are just as stunning as Milford Sound itself. Be aware parking costs $25 per day at Milford Sound although you can park up for 20 minutes without paying. It gets very very busy so leave plenty of time to park and walk to the boat terminal. Pre-book your boat tour.
The location is scenically beautiful. The mosquitoes are intense. The only reason to visit is to do the cruise. We should have done a day trip out of TeAnau which was lovely and saved the exorbitant costs associated with a stay at Milford Sound Lodge which was extremely disappointing. Staffed by well intentioned backpackers, the place lacked any semblance of hospitality expertise and finesse.
Can only recommend to drive to Milford in the morning spend the rest of the day in Milford and do some short walks. Next day do your boat trip etc and enjoy nature. Drive back the following day. A 2 night stay I would recommend to make most of this beautiful part of the world.
Staying in the Sound is special - it is a very short drive (minutes) to the cruise departure points. It's about 2 hours drive otherwise from the closest town to the national park. You are immersed in the environment and you need to be flexible in regards to weather - we had several road closures (can't leave the park), rain and significant snow fall at the Homer tunnel area. The Lodge did a good job of communicating the various conditions.
We drove our hire car from Queenstown and stayed just the one night as we had a Tour booked the next day on the boat. We enjoyed the drive and the stunning scenery on our trip to Milford Sound; however, if you are short on time, you can FLY straight out and do the Boat cruise in half a day. If you drive down- it's an ALL-DAY event and that is why we opted to stay overnight and travel back to Queenstown the next day. There is only a CAFE in the town for quick food and coffee etc... There were limited places to pull up on the trip to have a meal. Lots of scenery and a long drive but enjoyable if you like car trips?