Hiking on one of Newzealand’s finest hiking tracks – the Milford Rainforest Track – normaly means: 4 days of sun and sandflies (that nearly eat you alive!) alternating with rain&wet clothes. As we hiked this track after the main season was finished, we didn’t have to pre-book it and therefore we could hike it in fewer days. (In the main season you can only book the track for 4 days with 3 fixed overnight stays at the huts!)
Luckily we also enjoyed mainly sunny weather, which is really unusual for this rain forest track! All in all we only had about 1hour of rain! The scenery we hiked through is really amazing, the flora is totally different from what we had seen before. We hiked through an amazing vegetation, which was surrounded by impressive mountains. As we reached the highest point of the track we enjoyed overwhelming views on the surrounding valleys & mountains. Having a small chocolate-break (yeah, that provides energy!) in this awesome scenery we also saw a kea. Keas are the world’s only alpine parrot! They are sometimes found in Newzealand’s alpine mountain areas, have green feathers & red wings(you can only see when they fly). On our way downhill we passed by many high waterfalls, wild streams & cold creeks with cristal-clear water. Although the water in all those creeks was freezing cold (it’s melted ice from the top of the mountain) we couldn’t resist the stupid temptation to go for a short swim. Well, we got butt-naked, jumped into the f***ing cold water and took a picture of us (thanks to the self-timer!). Unfortunately afterwards (we’ve already put on some of our clothes) we realized, that one of us didn’t look towards the camera :-(

Further downhill we walked over a suspension bridge and spontaneously decided that this bridge was the perfect location to jump off into the river. To exclude any risk we measured the height of the bridge (ca. 8 metres) and the depth of the river..