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We also have a fantastic small group tour to Milford Sound  ("tripadvisor")
As guests of Birchwood Cottages we offer a 20% discount off the advertised price for the "Extraordinaire" tour.($135 per adult)
Copied some information including some reviews copied direct from "tripadvisor"
If you would like to view further reviews, we are registered on "tripadvisor" as "Fiordland Private Tours"

We are a small group tour that joins a small un crowded cruise boat.
It is important that you take a tour to maximise the most beautiful drive in NZ

Please read the info below if you are interested otherwise we look forward to seeing you on the 13th July
Regards,
Ray & Leonie
Birchwood Cottages & Fiordland Tours

Fiordland Extraordinaire Tour

1. Fiordland National Park Lodge Café A short stop for
toilet & ‘coffee to go’ if required; optional to ‘Fiordland
Extraordinaire’ only.
2. Te Anau Downs This sheltered harbour (Bluegum Bay) is opposite
the Middle Fiord and the starting point for the famous
Milford Track.
3. Eglinton Valley Lovely views of the Earl & Livingston
Mountains.
4. Mirror Lakes A 5 min board walk takes you through
typical beech forest and wetland pools. The reflections
from the Earl Mountains are amazing!
5. 45th South Parallel This is the half way point between
the Equator & the South Pole.
6. Knob’s Flat Toilet stop and information boards. Last
chance to use a telephone!
7. Cascade Creek A lovely view of Russell lupins in flower,
with the Earl Mountains as a backdrop. (seasonal)
8. L ake Gunn View of Lake Gunn with fantastic reflections
on a fine day.
9. Hollyford Lookout Spectacular views of the Hollyford
Valley and the Darren Mountains
10. Marian Cascade Optional 20 min return walk to a
fantastic cascade of glacier fed water, that tumbles from
Lake Marian.(‘Fiordland Extraordinaire’ only.)
11. Gunn’s Camp Home baking is part of our famous
morning tea stop; just 10 mins drive from the Marian
corner. This is an unspoilt spot in our world heritage
park. Enjoy a visit to the historic museum and gift shop!
(Extraordinaire tour only)
12. Fall’s Creek First photo of a spectacular permanent
water fall!
13. Monkey Creek 360 deg of photos here, with fantastic
views of the Upper Hollyford Valley, with towering 2000m
plus mountains.
14. Gertrude Valley An optional 5 min walk through subalpine
vegetation to a stunning view of the Gertrude
Valley. (If time permits)
15. Homer Tunnel A stop at the east portal of the 1270
meter long tunnel, at 930m above sea level, where we
sometimes get a first look at a Kea. (our cheeky South
lsland mountain parrot)
16. Cleddau Valley A classic view of the glacier carved
valley, as the road winds down, during the last part of our
journey to Milford Sound.
17. The Chasm A 5 min walk to see the Cleddau River,
where it is confined to a 22m deep narrow ravine. It
continues to carve fascinating formations through diorite
rock. This is an easy ‘must do’ walk.
18. Mt Tutoko A ‘cameras only’ one minute stop at the first
view of the highest mountain in Fiordland, at 2723m.
19. Tutoko Bridge Last stop before Milford Sound, where
there is a spectacular view of the river, with Mt Tutoko as
a back drop, for a stunning photo.
20. Milford Sound At last! A 2 hour cruise on the famous
Milford Sound, with its towering mountains and
thundering water falls. A chance to see dolphins, seals
and the Fiordland crested penguin.
Although these are in the order of the road travel, we
sometimes stop at the above places on our return from
Milford Sound, depending on time and weather.
We will make sure we have ‘quality’ of stops, rather than quantity
$169 Adult   $59 child

With the 20% discount your price is
Adult $135  Child $49  under 5 free













Tripadvisor reviews as directly copied

“Possibly the best Milford sound tour !”
clip_image001Reviewed 19 April 2015 NEW

The weather was unfortunately not in our favor but Ray made the tour so fun that we enjoyed every minute of it !

On our way to Milford Sound, we stopped at various places with unbelievable beautiful scenary/ backdrop of the Fiordland National Park. Despite of the gloomy day (as the storm was coming), my camera was in for a treat.

What I love most about this tour is:
- Small group (no more than 15!) that it almost felt like a private tour
- Ray partnered with a small business owner who made delicious scones and lunches and that is a personal touch for me :)
- Lovely stop-over for morning tea
- Ray explained a lot about the town Te Anau, history of Fiordland/ Milford Sound
- Ray never really rushed us , though some of us took a bit longer as we were busy clicking our cameras away

I would highly recommend anyone to join Ray on his Milford Sound tour :)
Visited April 2015


“THE way to do Milford Sound”

clip_image001[1]Reviewed 5 November 2014 NEW
Based on Tripadvisor Recommendations -me, my wife and 12 year old son did the Milford Sound trip with Ray. Ray is incredibly knowledgeable about the area and very helpful as well. He patiently answered my endless questions on email before the trip, and gave me some very handy advice that was useful for the other parts of our holiday in NZ as well.

The normal way that most tourists do Milford Sound is - take a morning bus from Queenstown around 7am, 6 hour drive to Milford with a few stops, then 1 hr 45 min cruise, then 5 hour ride back. That makes for a very long day. The infinitely better way, is to arrive in Te Anau a day earlier, and then leave with Fiordland Tours in a small group at around 8:30 am from Te Anau. Though it is only120 km to Milford, the trip takes almost 5 hours because of the numerous stops -- we did 15 -- at all the scenic points along the way. These are described in other posts below so will not repeat except to say that the scones served were the best I had eaten in NZ. Ray is very handy with the camera as well, and took some lovely shots of us. The cruise then became the icing on the cake.

On the way back, as per Ray's recommendation we took the fixed wing flight back to Te Anau. At NZD 330 per adult for a 1 hour flight over 8 different sounds - Milford, Sutherland, Bligh, Charles, Nancy, Doubtful and a couple of others --- it was a bargain and also the trip of a lifetime. Many of these sounds are absolutely un-inhabited and the only way to see them was by air. We reached back to Te Anau at around 5pm, after a wonderful day which was one of the highlights of our NZ Trip.

Also we stayed with Ray at Birchwood cottages, so we got a discount on the Cruise. Win Win situation!!
Thanks Ray and Leonie!
Visited October 2014



We did a smart thing...”
clip_image001[2]Reviewed 14 October 2014 NEW
...by booking with Fiordland Private Tours.

Spoke with Ray on the phone about the fiordland tour and was so impressed that we booked a stay at his Birchwood Cottages.

First, the "Milford Sound Fiordland Extraordinaire" tour: Fantastic! The comfortable, fifteen-passenger transport is small enough to get into out-of-the-way places. Ray is chock-full of fiordland information and is funny, witty and charming, and he thoughtfully answers questions. (The chocolates awarded for correct answers to his trivia challenges are a hoot, too!) The boat tour of Milford Sound was beautiful.

Second, the Birchwood Cottages: Perfect! Warm, comfortable, stocked with everything a guest needs. Couldn't have asked for better.

It felt as though we were going to have five-star service from Fiordland Private Tours--and we were wrong. It deserves ten stars!

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