uuuff two years ago I was in New Zealand and I cried with emotion for that wonderful land, great experience and thanks for a good introduction for those who visit it next time, I hope to return some year
This was wonderful to find. My mother worked on the track at Pompolona hut from 1966-72. Her name is Marlene..the creek was named after her. She was delighted to see your video.
This has been the far most spectacular video introducing Milford track and was of great help for a dreamer like me who wishes to visit there. Thank you so much for providing such an incredible film Graham!
Beautiful video, so there really is no need for anyone else to make one. I am a New Zealander, born in NZ and the drones drive us mad. When we go on day walks we go for the natural environment, and for the peace, which we love to share with others. Glad you refer to the official DOC website, because there have been very recent changes to booking dates and charges due to so many tourists abusing these high profile tracks. Now, a lot of Kiwis keep off them, and use the lesser known tracks where there won’t be drones and toilet paper on the tracks which is just gross. We ask tourists to come, and please have respect and good manners.
What a great film, I have watched this several times and am still amazed by the majestic beauty of the track, I will be tramping there myself in April 2016 and this film is by far the best on the internet I have seen. thank you for you efforts to edit and share your experience Graham & Teena.
What a wonderful video. So informative and such great footage. My daughter and I walked the track this summer and it was amazing. Your video brought the memories back. And amen on the comment that it’s not a race!!
Awesome video. Thanks for the details and stunning shots at the pass. I lived abroad 4 years in Auckland, but never made it to any South Island hiking. I'll be back one day and this trek is on the bucket list. Thanks again.
A beautifully filmed, captivating and informative documentary. It really makes me want to go there. Thanks for the tips and the history lessons. My expensive Gortex failed me in New Zealand too.
Thanks for the great video and commentary on your trip - stunning! I enjoyed your dry Kiwi humour, and I loved the closeups of the Weka chicks and the Kereru in particular. ❤️ I live in Rotorua and this walk is on my bucket list. 😊
Brilliant guys! We're going there next Sunday, so your packing list was a heads up, and the filming was sensational. Many thanks and all the best for your family's future adventures.
Amazing video!!! Thank you so much for sharing it! It is not easy to carry all video equipment on such tracks. But you accepted that challenge and did great job!
What a wonderful video. Thank you so much. I love the fact that you were quite happy to be the last to arrive for the duration of the walk and got rewarded with those brilliant views. Patience as they say... I will hike the Milford Sounds next summer. Your video has given me a good indication of what lies ahead. Once again thank you.
I did this in 97". I did it about as slow as you did and I was 25. It is the way to do it because the sections are not long and if done quick you are just left sitting at huts. Way better to double or triple the walk times and stop to look at everything. If ever on the west coast I recommend "Welcome flat Hut ". cheap. only an overnight to main hut. it is down past the glaciers.
I see they have enlarged the huts. In 1984 (when i did the walk when I was 35) there were only 24 beds for independent walkers. Still looks fabulous. The walk down from MacKinnon's pass was the hardest. On the last day we had over 24 inches of rain.
Thank you very much for sharing your detailed itinerary and adventure. My husband and I are planning to hike there and your trip plan will help us a lot!
Loved your video thanks so much. Great shots, great sense of humor, great people that I can relate to. Would love to see more of your treks. My only tiny thing, in my humble opinion, is the music was a tad loud. But, your excellent cinematography and wonderful sense of humour made up for it tenfold. Thanks for sharing.
Inspirational trail. We've heard of Milford Sound of course but to see it in this way from the trail perspective is invigorating and enticing. I think the temperate rain forest would have been one of the highlights for me. Brilliantly filmed. ATB. Mark (Wye Explorer) England.
If you want to John you will and I hope you do. I thought the same. If I get the chance financially (and that's all that is getting in the way) I'd be off over there....you also no doubt!
great movie, thanks a lot for sharing - i've been to new zealand, but haven't done any of the big tracks...i do honestly regret this by now...looks like quiet a nice thing to do :)
Wow Graham, a spectacular film indeed, you should be proud. I'm heading to NZ in November and this has been on my bucket list for years so I can't wait! Thanks for sharing and keep up the ace work.
Better by far than any proprietary insect repellent is one you can make quite easily by yourself. It is a 50/50 mixture of Olive Oil and "Dettol" (a popular antiseptic solution). It may smell a bit awful, but so do many of the proprietary solutions, and if you happen to scratch yourself, the dettol's antiseptic properties will be appreciated. Also, the olive oil is good for the skin. Just shake up the mixture before each application, as it will separate. Then smear over most of the exposed surfaces -- and if you miss some, it won't matter. As with all anti-insect preparations -- do not get any in your eyes. I learnt about this many years ago before walking the Track -- and had enough time to go to the grocery shop and get a small bottle each of olive oil and dettol, then to the pharmacy for a spare bottle, then mix some. Easy, and it worked a treat! Even while sitting still it kept the mosquitoes -- those awful, dreaded, otherwise voracious, Milford Track mosquitoes, at bay. I enjoyed my walk without being bitten.
Great video, Graham, Tina and Paul! I really enjoyed your informative commentary day by day together with stunning shots (especially those made with drone - great idea)! It almost put me on the track and made me cry - as it recalls back the memories of my bicycle tour around New Zealand and few tracks I've made there (well, only Kepler Track and Tongariro Crossing of the Great Walks - and it was a big mistake to make only these two!) Your close ups of inquisitive birds, ferns and moss covered trees, everchanging and challenging NZ weather and nasty sandflies - excellent and so true! I wish to get back again... I just wonder if you have only this one travel experience video online? Looks like you are very professional in filming and keen on hiking, so I would expect more stuff like this on your profile. Best wishes to Kiwi Land from Prague, Czech Republic Tom
Great video. Really informative, and some beautiful footage. Looks like a pretty spectacular walk. I'll be in New Zealand next week, making my own travel videos, armed with a GH5, gimbal, and a drone. Is the walk possible (and worthwhile) during winter?
thankyou so much for doing this video. this video is of such help for independent trekkers! all other YT videos talk about the trek but no one gave it in so much detail. how much in advance do you think I should book the huts? and also, is it possible to get lost in Milford if u are a solo trekker?
I have a little stain on my forehead like the map of New Zealand Divine land New Zealand Incredibly beautiful nature Here I will live next time maybe in the next life
Just a few logistics about the booking of freedom places on the track which aren't covered in the otherwise excellent video. You goto bookings.doc.govt.nz/Saturn/Facilities/SearchViewGW.aspx?placeId=466, select the beginning day, and that night and next two are booked for the huts (Clinton, Mintaro, Dumpling) . The Track booking also includes the ferry crossings across lake Te Anau on the first day and the ferry trip across Milford sound on the last. You also book the bus connections from Te Anau township to Te Anau Downs dock and Mildford Sound township back to Te Anau at the beginning and end respectively at the same time. Though you can book the bus trips separately, it isn't worth the effort as the prices don't get cheaper with a separate booking. It's only worth making separate bus connections for the return trip from Milford if you are going to spend time in the Sound immediately after completing the track or are going further than Te Anau on the last day (say all the way back to Queenstown). Also the avalanche "no stopping zones" only apply when there enough snow on the mountains above to cause an avalanche risk. This is usually only during the early or late part of the walking season ( end Oct to end of April) though it's possible in this part of the country to get snow falls at any time of year, hence why the signs are left up all season. Finally you can walk the track outside the official season, but you need to be experienced in and equipment for ,Alpine conditions including training in avalanche awareness. Though the huts are a lot cheaper to stay in off season, its harder to organise water transport to the start and finish and a lot of the smaller foot bridges are removed to save them from damage during winter. It means you need also to be able to cross flooded water courses (or more importantly knowing when not to risk attempting it) which occur all too frequently. Milford Sound has annual precipitation of something like 8-10 metres a year.
uuuff two years ago I was in New Zealand and I cried with emotion for that wonderful land, great experience and thanks for a good introduction for those who visit it next time, I hope to return some year
FANTASTIC! One of the most beautiful lands of the world!
God, plese allow me to visit New Zealand.
Wow, spectacular scenery of a place I can only dream of visiting! Beautiful video🤩
I live in Newzealand but this is the best photography i have ever seen of the Milford track,this video was superb.It really is true to life.
What an excellent well made video. Beautiful commentary too. Many thanks!
This was wonderful to find. My mother worked on the track at Pompolona hut from 1966-72. Her name is Marlene..the creek was named after her. She was delighted to see your video.
This has been the far most spectacular video introducing Milford track and was of great help for a dreamer like me who wishes to visit there. Thank you so much for providing such an incredible film Graham!
Beautiful video, so there really is no need for anyone else to make one. I am a New Zealander, born in NZ and the drones drive us mad. When we go on day walks we go for the natural environment, and for the peace, which we love to share with others. Glad you refer to the official DOC website, because there have been very recent changes to booking dates and charges due to so many tourists abusing these high profile tracks. Now, a lot of Kiwis keep off them, and use the lesser known tracks where there won’t be drones and toilet paper on the tracks which is just gross. We ask tourists to come, and please have respect and good manners.
Beautiful place... beautiful country... thanks for sharing. Thoroughly enjoyed this 👍
What a great film, I have watched this several times and am still amazed by the majestic beauty of the track, I will be tramping there myself in April 2016 and this film is by far the best on the internet I have seen. thank you for you efforts to edit and share your experience Graham & Teena.
What a wonderful video. So informative and such great footage. My daughter and I walked the track this summer and it was amazing. Your video brought the memories back. And amen on the comment that it’s not a race!!
Awesome video. Thanks for the details and stunning shots at the pass. I lived abroad 4 years in Auckland, but never made it to any South Island hiking. I'll be back one day and this trek is on the bucket list. Thanks again.
A beautifully filmed, captivating and informative documentary. It really makes me want to go there. Thanks for the tips and the history lessons. My expensive Gortex failed me in New Zealand too.
Ah; as beautiful as I remember...fantastic video guys. Thanks for sharing.
A really impressive video thankyou! Useful commentary and great footage.
Congrats and thanks to you and your family for taking the time and effort to create this excellent production.
A very special place in a very special country...love from Canada !
One of the best great walk videos. Awesome job :)
Gorgeous views and place! Thanks for the journey 💕😃
You captured this perfectly! I miss my trip here but thanks to this video, I can re-live that memory again. Thank you for this!
Thank you for this fantastic video! I was there in 2004. It was a great pleasure to see the track again! Greeting from Hungary!
Beautiful footage. This is definitely on my bucket list.
Wow so amazing. Thank for you share this video.
This was wonderful! One of the best hiking videos I've seen! Thanks so much for sharing it. Got lots of laughs too - loved the "two-day drought" quip!
Thank you for an awesome film that brought back some great memories of this great walk
Awesome! Thanks for making and sharing Graham!
REALLY well done sir! Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful photography. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the great video and commentary on your trip - stunning!
I enjoyed your dry Kiwi humour, and I loved the closeups of the Weka chicks and the Kereru in particular. ❤️
I live in Rotorua and this walk is on my bucket list. 😊
Brilliant guys! We're going there next Sunday, so your packing list was a heads up, and the filming was sensational. Many thanks and all the best for your family's future adventures.
Amazing video!!! Thank you so much for sharing it! It is not easy to carry all video equipment on such tracks. But you accepted that challenge and did great job!
What a wonderful video. Thank you so much. I love the fact that you were quite happy to be the last to arrive for the duration of the walk and got rewarded with those brilliant views. Patience as they say...
I will hike the Milford Sounds next summer. Your video has given me a good indication of what lies ahead. Once again thank you.
Hearty thanks for the video, your sense of filming is simply the best , carry on enjoying , best wishes
What an awesome video, really beautiful
I love your vids, it's so detailed. Love outgoing family and your son is a star for doing the walk at such age.
Fab video, tx took me back. ANZ has 1000s of trails and huts, rivers and wildlife worth a wander into.
I did this in 97". I did it about as slow as you did and I was 25. It is the way to do it because the sections are not long and if done quick you are just left sitting at huts. Way better to double or triple the walk times and stop to look at everything. If ever on the west coast I recommend "Welcome flat Hut ". cheap. only an overnight to main hut. it is down past the glaciers.
Wow, best video to show whats involved in doing this walk, my bucket list is getting longer!
Stunning video Graham and Teena, loved the narration too. thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the excellent video. Very useful as we prepare to do the Track this summer.
I see they have enlarged the huts. In 1984 (when i did the walk when I was 35) there were only 24 beds for independent walkers. Still looks fabulous. The walk down from MacKinnon's pass was the hardest. On the last day we had over 24 inches of rain.
Amazing video. Thanks for sharing the experience
Haven't seen such a great movie that really helps instead of giving impressions. Good job! ;)
Wow graham amazing.
Loved watching the video.
Absolutely beautiful.
Beautiful videography. Thank you.
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Thank you very much for sharing your detailed itinerary and adventure. My husband and I are planning to hike there and your trip plan will help us a lot!
Loved your video thanks so much. Great shots, great sense of humor, great people that I can relate to. Would love to see more of your treks. My only tiny thing, in my humble opinion, is the music was a tad loud. But, your excellent cinematography and wonderful sense of humour made up for it tenfold. Thanks for sharing.
Inspirational trail. We've heard of Milford Sound of course but to see it in this way from the trail perspective is invigorating and enticing. I think the temperate rain forest would have been one of the highlights for me. Brilliantly filmed. ATB. Mark (Wye Explorer) England.
l want to go there for hiking and camping to check the history and the nature and relax in peace and listen
If you want to John you will and I hope you do. I thought the same. If I get the chance financially (and that's all that is getting in the way) I'd be off over there....you also no doubt!
l trying to build Shandy houseboat to sail there it save me money
Such a wonderful place and video
great movie, thanks a lot for sharing - i've been to new zealand, but haven't done any of the big tracks...i do honestly regret this by now...looks like quiet a nice thing to do :)
Thanks Paul for sharing your trip, we are booking our trip tonight
Brings back old memories!
We got some discovery channel level of documentary video right here..well done from malaysia sir..
Fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing!
Very beautiful, this is where I want to go, but i don't think I can walk that far, thanks for sharing. 😍
well done Graham Teena Paul :)
best doc ever about Milford track
Wow Graham, a spectacular film indeed, you should be proud. I'm heading to NZ in November and this has been on my bucket list for years so I can't wait! Thanks for sharing and keep up the ace work.
Excellent video I've walked the Milford 10 times, you have managed to capture it's splendor and invoke its presence.
Woww..very detail informative and pleasant video. Good job
Wonderful ! Thank You.
a beautifully done video with very helpful tips! thanks for sharing! =) thinking about trying it soon!
Wonderful video! Great information. Thanks for posting! It helps with the planning. :)
Wow amazing video perfect thank you
The Tarkines in Tasmania is also one of the most amazing temperate rainforests in the world too
Better by far than any proprietary insect repellent is one you can make quite easily by yourself. It is a 50/50 mixture of Olive Oil and "Dettol" (a popular antiseptic solution). It may smell a bit awful, but so do many of the proprietary solutions, and if you happen to scratch yourself, the dettol's antiseptic properties will be appreciated. Also, the olive oil is good for the skin. Just shake up the mixture before each application, as it will separate. Then smear over most of the exposed surfaces -- and if you miss some, it won't matter. As with all anti-insect preparations -- do not get any in your eyes. I learnt about this many years ago before walking the Track -- and had enough time to go to the grocery shop and get a small bottle each of olive oil and dettol, then to the pharmacy for a spare bottle, then mix some. Easy, and it worked a treat! Even while sitting still it kept the mosquitoes -- those awful, dreaded, otherwise voracious, Milford Track mosquitoes, at bay. I enjoyed my walk without being bitten.
Good editing and excellent video quality 10/10.
"There's no 4 O'clock boat. The 3 O'clock boat is still waiting for us"
This made my day.
Great video with spectacular shots.
Awesome review!
This is really well done, thank you!
Excellent video thanks
Really well done! I just started making travel videos and this kind of stuff is definitely my inspiration!
Great video, Graham, Tina and Paul!
I really enjoyed your informative commentary day by day together with stunning shots (especially those made with drone - great idea)! It almost put me on the track and made me cry - as it recalls back the memories of my bicycle tour around New Zealand and few tracks I've made there (well, only Kepler Track and Tongariro Crossing of the Great Walks - and it was a big mistake to make only these two!)
Your close ups of inquisitive birds, ferns and moss covered trees, everchanging and challenging NZ weather and nasty sandflies - excellent and so true! I wish to get back again...
I just wonder if you have only this one travel experience video online? Looks like you are very professional in filming and keen on hiking, so I would expect more stuff like this on your profile.
Best wishes to Kiwi Land from Prague, Czech Republic
Tom
I swear it's an amazing video, good job...
Amazing video...! I should try this hike after the lockdown....but sadly the winter is at the gate :(
Well done! Just booked our trip. Great primer.
How was your trip?
great video, very professional.
Amazing work with putting this together :)
amazing video..
You did a wonderful job filming this! What kind of food do you suggest I bring for the Milford Track? I noticed you cooked in the huts. Thanks!
Nice production well done.
Great. Fantastic. Love it.
Any good cycle routes too? Thank you for the video! Stunning views :-)
Amazing video, thanks very much!
Clever filming, a bit of dry humour. Great how you overlay the 3D map with your route progress but how is that done please?
Very good ... I like it alot.
I wish I could have watched it all as it was great footage and commentary. Unfortunately the music was too loud for me.
Please visit himalayas just for your wonderful videos
Great video. Really informative, and some beautiful footage. Looks like a pretty spectacular walk. I'll be in New Zealand next week, making my own travel videos, armed with a GH5, gimbal, and a drone. Is the walk possible (and worthwhile) during winter?
Awesome video :-)
Great video!
thankyou so much for doing this video. this video is of such help for independent trekkers! all other YT videos talk about the trek but no one gave it in so much detail. how much in advance do you think I should book the huts? and also, is it possible to get lost in Milford if u are a solo trekker?
Very good place
سؤال اخر :
دولة جنوب افريقيا مثلاً هل كان عليها نفس الشبهه يا ترى وتحررت فيما بعد ؟!
Thanks, Love it!
I have a little stain on my forehead like the map of New Zealand
Divine land New Zealand
Incredibly beautiful nature
Here I will live next time maybe in the next life
Just a few logistics about the booking of freedom places on the track which aren't covered in the otherwise excellent video.
You goto bookings.doc.govt.nz/Saturn/Facilities/SearchViewGW.aspx?placeId=466, select the beginning day, and that night and next two are booked for the huts (Clinton, Mintaro, Dumpling) . The Track booking also includes the ferry crossings across lake Te Anau on the first day and the ferry trip across Milford sound on the last.
You also book the bus connections from Te Anau township to Te Anau Downs dock and Mildford Sound township back to Te Anau at the beginning and end respectively at the same time. Though you can book the bus trips separately, it isn't worth the effort as the prices don't get cheaper with a separate booking. It's only worth making separate bus connections for the return trip from Milford if you are going to spend time in the Sound immediately after completing the track or are going further than Te Anau on the last day (say all the way back to Queenstown).
Also the avalanche "no stopping zones" only apply when there enough snow on the mountains above to cause an avalanche risk. This is usually only during the early or late part of the walking season ( end Oct to end of April) though it's possible in this part of the country to get snow falls at any time of year, hence why the signs are left up all season.
Finally you can walk the track outside the official season, but you need to be experienced in and equipment for ,Alpine conditions including training in avalanche awareness. Though the huts are a lot cheaper to stay in off season, its harder to organise water transport to the start and finish and a lot of the smaller foot bridges are removed to save them from damage during winter. It means you need also to be able to cross flooded water courses (or more importantly knowing when not to risk attempting it) which occur all too frequently. Milford Sound has annual precipitation of something like 8-10 metres a year.
What is the name of music ?? It's so hard to not get attracted with your beautiful music
Nice job with the video.