Soar above Milford Sound, New Zealand, with breathtaking drone footage capturing its dramatic cliffs, cascading waterfalls, and serene waters. Witness the unspoiled beauty of this world-famous fjord, ...

The name for Milford Sound dates back to 1812, when captain John Grono discovered the inlet and named it “Milford Haven”, after his hometown in Wales. It was later, incorrectly, given the title ...

Milford Sound is not actually a sound, strictly speaking. It is in fact a fjord, as this region’s Anglicized name, “Fiordland” suggests. Instead of an ocean inlet, the 4,000-foot mountain walls were ...

We were on top of the world at the bottom of the world, encircled by a 360-degree panorama of mountain peaks. We had reached Key Summit, the pinnacle of a ...

Half a million of them flock to Milford Sound, the most easily accessible of the 14 fjords thanks to a 4,000-foot tunnel that was chiseled through the mountains between 1935 and 1954.

Milford Sound is the poster-boy, the talisman, the icon of New Zealand’s South Island. ... The Maori called the fjord Piopiotahi after the thrush-like piopio bird, now extinct.

The breathtaking vision of fjords at New Zealand’s majestic Milford Sound is not the only surprise. It’s the height of summer and the temperature is 4C, but it feels closer to freezing due to ...