Tramp of all Tramps

New Zealand boasts more “swoon-worthy tramps per square mile than anywhere else in the world,” according to  Backpacker magazine, and the notorious Milford Track is at the top of the list. “From Glade House on the northern tip of Lake Te Anau, the route crosses the trout-choked Clinton River, meanders through beech groves and vast grassy meadows and around tumbling waterfalls before climbing to 3,520-foot MacKinnon Pass, the track’s highpoint. From here, you’ll descend through rainforest where, at night, glowworms illuminate the undersides of thousands of ferns. At trip’s end, spill into Milford Sound, where bone shaped mountains pop 5,000 feet above shimmering waters.”