New Zealand climbing
Milford Sound Trekking
New Zealand, South Island. Trekking "Milford Sound".
Altitude: 1200 m
Program category: Mountain trekking
Difficulty: basic (SPECIAL SKILLS ARE NOT REQUIRED)
Duration: 5 days
Season: October - April
Program price from: 950 Euro
- 18.01.22 - 25.01.22mini group, special conditions 950 EURO booking
Trekking in New Zealand, South Island. Trekking "Milford Sound".
Milford Sound - a pearl of the New Zealand nature, unique natural object.
... And the fjord Milford Sound, most beautiful in the world,
Where my foot didn't go yet, but...
V. S. Vysotsky - famous Russia bard
The freakish, breaking in bottomless waters of the narrow gorge rocks, amazing on beauty and a variety of a landscape dissecting water fins the delfinyikh of packs which are heated on flat stones sea lions and herds of cats. All this is against severe mountain tops and flowing down, slightly - whether to the water, languages of ancient glaciers. One of the most beautiful places in New Zealand.
The simple walking route of tracking will allow you to take pleasure fully in unimaginable beauty of the New Zealand nature in one of its brightest manifestations - the fjord Milford Sound. The route doesn't mean overcoming of technical obstacles and long-term stay in field conditions. Rather low physical activities allow to adapt and be prepared for more sports mountain programs quickly.
The route is ideally suited for "For Trekking around the fjord Milford Sound" for the participants who for the first time got to mountain conditions.
The route of tracking begins on Te Anau Lake which we stop on the ferry. Further the footpath conducts along the coast, periodically going deep into a jungle of a damp rainforest, further curls on rocky slopes, crosses rough streams on graceful suspended bridges and by the end of the first day leads us to Clinton's hut - a place of the first spending the night. Next day - again rise on a track, by picturesque lakes to the pass McKinnon - a magnificent survey point with which it is possible to be convinced personally that Milford Sound is one of the most beautiful places on the earth. Spending the night in Mintaro's hut. One more day of rise to a memorial McKinnon then the track starts going down, on each turn striking a look with new tremendous views of Milford Sound and the Tasman Sea. Next day, after spending the night in a hut Damplin, we go down to sea level where the land part of our route comes to an end. Further we enjoy views of the fjord from a board of the comfortable cruise motor ship which returns us to a point of the beginning of a route the next morning. All route passes on the marked track in a zone of the Alpine meadows, any technical obstacles connected with use of ropes or climbing equipment on a route isn't provided.
Carrying of heavy backpacks on this route isn't required. On a route full-fledged three meals a day are provided. Accommodation in huts.
This 8-day program "Trekking in Milford Sound Fjord, New Zealand" was developed for people who have no prior experience in mountain climbing and who want to try themselves at mountain trekking and get closely acquainted with the unique nature of the New Zealand mountains. "Trekking in Milford Sound Fjord, New Zealand" route is not hard physically, does not require to overcome any technically difficult parts nor long-term stay at severe outdoors conditions. Regardless your climbing or trekking experience, we recommend passing the MCS AlexClimb Course of general physical preparation before participating in this program.
The First Principle of MCS AlexClimb
The First Rule, by which we are guided in the development of our mountain programs - is safety. Professional Guides lead the group, the highest quality certificated equipment and the most modern navigation equipment are used. This guarantees the highest possible level of your safety in the mountains, which is the most important side of our work.
Program Schedule
The AlexClimb New Zealand trekking schedule (Milford Sound trek 2021):
Trekking in the Milford Sound Fjord, New Zealand, South Island
Trekking, basic level
Day 1 - Transfer from Queenstown to Te Anau Lake, ferry and walking to the Klintons hut (5 km), overnight in the hut
Day 2 - Walking from the Klintons Hut to the base of the McKinnon Pass (17 km, 6 hours), overnight in the Mintaro hut
Day 3 - Walking from the Mintaro Hut via the McKinnon Pass to the Damplin Pass (16 km, 4 hours), overnight in the hut
Day 4 - Walking from the Damplin Hut to Sendflay Point, ferry to Milford Sound, spending the night onboard of the cruise motor boat
Day 5 - Motor boat excursion by the Milford Sound Fjord with visiting of waterfalls, return to Te Anau, transfer to Queenstown
Prices and conditions
The price of the "Milford Sound Fjour trekking, New Zealand 2021":
950 Euro* - standart group 5-10 participants
1450 Euro* - mini-group 3-4 participants
1900 Euro* - private program for 1-2 participants
* Price per person
You have to be ready for:
- Camping life in the field conditions;
- Carrying a 15-20 kg backpack;
- Air temperature can be down to -0°C on the altitude higher than 1000 m;
Conditions: minimum group 4 participants. The MCS AlexClimb Course of mountain physical preparation is recommended before the trip.
The price includes: Professional mountain guide services, rent of the communal equipment (belaying and navigation equipment, cooking gear), hotel and camping accommodation, transfers from the point of the beginning of the program to its end (Queenstown), using the communal basic medical kit, food for outdoor part of the program.
The price does not include: New Zealand visa charges*, International and domestic flight expenses to and from the point of the beginning of the program (Queenstown), obligatory climbing insurance, rent of the personal equipment, food and drinks while being in cities, using the satellite phone.
Group capacity: 12
Guides: 2
*European citizens may need visa for entering New Zealand, check that in the New Zealand consulate in your home country.
Detailed conditions and limitations on the program "New Zealand, South Island. "Milford Sound Fjord trekking" can be read in the Offer section
Our Principles
AlexClimb Rule #1 - Safety First
From the very beginning of our activity, here nearly 16 years, the first Principle of work of School of mountaineering and rock-climbing of MCS AlexClimb is the Safety Priority. On the basis of this Principle all process of training is based, all programs and rounds are developed and carried out only within this main principle. We consider that at professional approach to development of programs, at personal discipline and correctly put motivation - occupations by mountaineering and rock-climbing are COMPLETELY safe. And from the return - all troubles and accidents in our sport come from nonprofessionalism, from ignorance or neglect by elementary standards of safety, from irrational motivation, from revaluation of own forces and opportunities. All these prerequisites we COMPLETELY EXCLUDE in our work - ours Rock-climbing, Ice climbing and Mountaineering are based on one Principle - the Safety Priority. In rock-climbing, mountaineering and ice climbing, the Priority of Safety of MCS AlexClimb-is your personal security and comfort irrespective of, than we are engaged - we train muscles and we work technology of the movement in the sports hall and on the rock climbing wall, we make the way through snowstorm to top or we relax on golden sand of the Caribbean beach after hot day of trainings on rocks. The Safety priority - the main credo of School of mountaineering and rock-climbing of MCS AlexClimb.
AlexClimb Rule #2 - Leave No Trace
Closely interacting with Nature, working with the active programs in mountains, woods, lakes and rivers, we perfectly understand the importance of carefull and respectfull bahavior towards the Nature, for its resources. From the very beginning of our outdoor-activity we adopted rules of Leave No Trace technique - the standard of behavior of the person accepted in all the civilized world in relation to environment and especially - to the wild nature. After all on the relation of people to the nature near which they exist, itself can draw dalekoidushchy conclusions on the relation of these people to... Where and as we didn't travel - we don't reserve any garbage, we try to reduce whenever possible our influence on environment to a minimum. We clear earlier zagryazyonny tourist parking of the left garbage, we take out and we take out to utilization places that to us other people left there. We consider that only thus, at personal individual consciousness of each citizen, each tourist, climber or autotraveller, we will be able to keep the nature surrounding us in its state, natural, suitable for life, - in it pledge of the healthy future for ourselves and our children.
