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New Zealand's Nine Great Walks
Mackinnon Pass (
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A fitting flag-bearer for NZ's wilderness tramps, the Milford (
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every bit as special as you ever heard it was. It delivers everything you want in
a mountain-region tramp: a boat trip across a glacier-gouged lake, riverside ambles,
a wetland boardwalk and an achievable climb to an unforgettable pass that opens
not only a door to sheer peaks and a whole new valley, but a window on the era of
the pioneer explorers. Then there's the Sutherland Falls, and Milford Sound itself.
The Milford Track equals magic.
