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Fiordland National Park is a designated World Heritage Area…
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 Be captivated by some of the worlds most magnificent scenery.
| Located on the South West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, Fiordland stretches over 124 miles (200 kilometres), from Milford Sound in the north to Preservation Inlet in the south. Covering 1.25 million hectares, Fiordland is the largest National Park in New Zealand and is administered and managed by the Department of Conservation.
It is also one of the wettest places in the world but it is the rain that contributes to the area's beauty. Waterfalls tumble down steep mountains to the sea and rain nourishes rich beech forest.
Fiordland's extraordinary serrated coastline and deep branching lakes were carved out by glaciers millions of years ago. The glaciers left behind a land internationally acclaimed for its spectacular scenery, isolation and uninhabited environment which became a designated World Heritage Area in 1986.
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 Sheer cliffs tower above you...
| Described as the eighth wonder of the world, Milford Sound remains the only Fiord in this region that can be accessed by road and it is 16km from the head of the Fiord to the open sea.
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