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Milford Track
Once described as the finest walk in the world, the Milford Track is one of New Zealand’s most popular walks, with approximately 10000 people completing the Milford track each year.
The Milford Track can only be walked in one direction that is Glade Wharf to Milford Sound, this walk has a limit of only 40 independent walkers permitted to start each day, otherwise the track can become overcrowded causing damage to the environment, it is always best to book your accommodation well in advance due to popularity of this walk.
To the start of the track requires either bus or private transport to Te Anau Downs 20km from Te Anau, then take a boat to Glade Wharf. Boat, you will also need transport from the finish Sandfly Point back to Milford Sound
Throughout your trek you will see huge valleys along the Milford Track, these are the result of glaciation over the last two million years, these glaciers carved there way through the landscape leaving behind these U-shaped valleys , ice-gouged ledges and the hanging valleys of tributary streams.
Beech trees dominate the forest of the lower clinton, beyond Mintaro the track climbs above the forest through sub-alpine scrub and into the tussocks and alpine herb communities of the pass.
The higher rainfall and milder temperatures in the lower Arthur Valley produce a more diverse forest. Ferns, mosses and lichens are abundant around the track.
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