This coming February and March we are having a bit of a change to our trip times due to winds and weather conditions etc…if you are looking to book one of our trips…Morning Glory or the Sunriser Classic please flick us an email or call us to check time changes they are not major but do make a big difference to your kayak experience

This last weekend saw Rosco’s annual Quintapathon take place in Milford Sound, there was a great turn out with a total of 5 teams

there is rotten banana eating, balloon blowing, weetbix eating, swimming, kayaking, and biking and when all added together makes for a very interesting afternoon!

this year’s team placing were

3rd place Magic Memories

2nd place Milford Sound Lodge

and the overall winners of this years event was Southern Discoveries

well done to everyone who competed it was an amazing effort by all involved

Our Resident life guard Danger Dan

Our amazing Team….look at them!

It is also a big week this week with Bill English officially opening the new Road in Milford Sound, if you have been in Milford the last few months you  can’t help but notice all the changes that have happened with the flood protection project finished and all the accommodation in there spots, it has been a busy time for everyone involved and Downers have done an amazing job getting this job finished on time without any major set backs

So if you have not been into Milford for a while I suggest you head in say hi to our guides and take an amazing kayaking journey with us!

Well our Safari team had a full on adventure heading into Milford Sound the other day, Ollie stopped at the Homer Tunnel and an avalanche fell while everyone was there to see it! Luckily it did not fall close enough to disrupt traffic but it was a very almighty sight for our guests to witness…how exciting and on that trip out they saw a deer on the road! I’m sure all the hunters would have loved to have passed that, the lovely weather and the Dolphins have been in the Sound lots lately, and the weather has settled to give amazing days out on the water, we just had the most amazing feedback from some customers I will attach below it give me warm fuzzies hearing great words about our guides (although we already know how amazing they are)

Hi there Rosco

We have just completed two days of Kayaking:

Firstly the Milford track Paddle and walk with “skirts” and “Cam”-Whow-these guides are fantastic-My sister and I were the only clients that day, and we were so priviledged to have these two guides. They were not only informative and fun, but were amazingly nice guys who cared that we were “slightly” older clients-(Only slightly!). The weather was so wet that our shoes have still not dried, and with all our aches and pains we were not sure if we could/would make the next days “sunriser classic”…but we did, as the first day was so amazing.

Today we had the most wonderful guide Abby. She again was caring and very informative. We saw all the wonderful sights of Milford Sounds, penguins and seals. It was and will always be our “experience of a lifetime” and we will recomend Rosocs to all our friends in New Zealand!

Can’t believe more New Zealanders do not do your tours-What is the matter with them?????

Kind regards

Yesterday was a total treat for everyone visiting Milfrod sound there was a whale swimming around not only a whale there was dolphins! such a great experience and amazing memories for everyone who is visiting  to take home with them, if you have any more pics of yesterdays whale please share them on here or on our facebook page

Oops one last thing “GO THE MIGHTY ALL BLACKS”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yum food and drinks at the Redcliff Cafe, giant paintball war and a good old kiwi BBQ!  That was our Christmas party, how bout yours?

Our staff induction day went a little bit like this …A ride around Te Anau on a seven-seater push bike stopping off for a Miles Better Pie..YUMMO….then off to Kim Hollows Cinema to see the amazing film Ata Whenua before driving into Milford Sound to allocate rooms at our new staff accommodation: The Paddle on Inn! Stay tuned for pics and video footage from staff training days.

Rosco, As promised, here are some of my snaps from the sunrise kayak trip on 17th Nov. Thank you Luke and Rosco for a spectacular morning on the water. Seeing those penguins was one of the highlights of our holiday in NZ.  Hope to see the photos on the website – Jonathan

Thanks for the wicked pics Jonathon, as promised here they are on our blog for all to enjoy!  We’re glad you guys had an awesome time

What do you call an event which includes a 1km run, 1km paddle in double kayaks, 30 meter swim, 4km bike ride, 1800m run and then to top it all off a crazy eating, drinking, balloon poppin final leg………?? NOT a triathlon…….I’m talking about the 10^th Annual Rosco’s Milford Kayaks Crazy Quintupathon yes 5 events with 5/6 people in each team. The event took place in Milford Sound on Tuesday, 16^th November 2010.

This year saw the addition of a swim leg (an extremely wet spell prior to race start) which resulted in just 4 brave teams entering the race.  Nevertheless event organisers,supporters and spectators more than made up for lower team turn-outs with enthusiasm and noise.  Thanks guys, you rock!

The first leg a 1km paddle was made that bit tougher with a strong side current flowing into deep water basin from the Cleddau River, this did not deter the “Old Farts” – a team comprised of Rosco’s guides from previous seasons. Old farts paddlers Olli and Eve put the hammer down to reach the the boat ramp 12 seconds in front of the “Young Punks” -a team made up of Rosco’s 1^st season guides.  These 2 teams would battle it out to the line! A special mention should go to Dennis and Semisi of the team Road Runners and the teams OB’s who ended not only putting in a brilliant paddle but ended up doing the run leg as well (Semisi in bare feet)!

Back at the head of the field, Horey ( the oldest kayak guide in Milford besides Rosco) was first to dive off the Fishermans Wharf into the icy Deepwater Basin but had time taken out of him by Rosco’s new guide and big wave surfer Burto.  The cycling leg saw race director Rosco lose time to new guide Barry ( another “young punk” team member).  Barry’s hobbies include spinning wool on a spinning wheel ( I kid you not!) and he showed he can spin his legs on a bike by taking out almost a minute on Rosco, with team Road Runner and OBS battling out the spot for third.  The run was dominated by Chris from the young punks although Abi did close the gap to prove that the Old Farts wouldn’t go down without a fight.

The final leg is always a crowd pleaser and this year was no exception.  Whitey had the pressure on him tho keep the Young Punks in front but old farts do linger as Danger aka Dan Adamson (Rosco’s Operations Manager) was about to prove.These two went toe to toe..literally inhaling the two ten day old bananas, skulling a pint of Tui beer,eating the two dry weetbix (they must have been weetbix kids) then going really red faced blowing up the helium grade balloons until they popped in their faces. KABOOOOM! Arrrghhh!

Whitey “popped” 25 seconds infront of Danger with both teams going sub 30mins, the young punks finished 1st with a time of 27.48 minutes and the old farts finished 2nd at 28.13. Team OB’s came 3^rd and Road Runners 4^th. Team OB’s took home the team cup which stayed full with Tui for most of the night, all in all another fabulous event! Well done to all the teams who participated!

Rosco’s Milford Kayaks Crazy Quintupathon is sure to be even bigger and better next year, meanwhile start training for Rosco’s next event the Homer Tunnel Nude Run April 1^st next year.

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