Fiordland National Park

Fiordland National Park encompasses 12,519 sq km of New Zealand’s rugged southwest — yet receives only 600,000 annual visitors, preserving its 14 fiords as pristine wilderness. Milford Sound alone plunges 265 meters deep, with waterfalls dropping 160 meters from vertical cliffs carved by 2-million-year-old glaciers. Annual rainfall exceeds 4 meters, sustaining 200 permanent waterfalls and 1,200 species of native plants, 80% of which are endemic.