Doubtful Sound

Had a wonderful day! Took a tour with Real Journeys. They picked us up at our hotel this morning about 9:45am and we were on a bus for about 20 min. Then we checked in, picked up our pre-paid lunches and boarded a boat across Lake Manapouri. Once across the lake, we got off the boat and got on a coach bus to take us up and over Wilmot Pass through rainforest trees & plants. We then got on a catamaran, Patea Explorer, to tour Doubtful Sound for about 3 hours. 

Free coffee, tea, & water on board. Alcoholic beverages & other drinks & snacks were for sale also. Our box lunch had lots to choose from. 

We then did all of that in reverse and made it back around 6pm to our hotel. 

I would highly recommend this adventure. A highlight of our holiday in NZ. 

As before, I took a ton of photos and ran out of space on my iPhone. Story of my life. 

Here's just a few. 

Mom with some coffee to start the day. 

Manapouri Lake

Those were all from Manapouri Lake. 

Here's some from Doubtful Sound. 

This is where the Doubtful Sound meets the Tasman Sea. There were lots of seals on the rocks too. 

That's all I have. Sorry!

I have taken over 1200 pictures on my good camera. So when we return and after I filter through them, we'll have to do a friends & family NZ photo night. Must have wine too!

Here's one more of our view tonight out our room window. 

Ok - gotta do a backup of pics, so I can take more. Still have a couple days left. Tmrw we are headed to QT. Queenstown that is. 

-AI

xoxo