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A hiker at Mackinnon Pass looks out over the breathtaking Clinton Valley
You know you're in for a treat on a hike widely referred to as "the finest walk in the world," a phrase first used by the poet Blanche Baughan in 1908. New Zealand's Milford Track winds for 53.5km through the heart of the South Island's dramatic fjord country, in and out of rainforest, glacial valleys, up over spectacular Mackinnon Pass and past the stupendous Sutherland Falls to Milford Sound.
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