Doubtful Sound New Zealand, Cruise Reservations Info and Accommodation Bookings.

Journey to Doubtful Sound begins by boat across Lake Manapouri, then by coach 20 kms/12 miles to where
the cruise boat is anchored at Deep Cove... .. .. .. Daytime & Overnight Cruise.. .. .. .. Cruise FAQ's.. .. .. .. Map

Views crossing Lake Manapouri on way to Doubtful Sound.

.. ..First part of journey to Doubtful Sound across Lake Manapouri to the 'West Arm Visitor Centre'.

. ..Lake Manapouri boat trip takes about 40 minutes to the 'West Arm Visitor Centre'. New vessel, MV Titaroa.

West Arm of Lake Manapouri, Visitor Centre.

.. ..West Arm Visitor Centre - board the Real Journeys coach for the 20 kms/12 miles, through Wilmot Pass.

Coach from the Visitor's Centre to Doubtful Sound.

.. ..Coach via Wilmot Pass to Doubtful Sound comfortable new Volvo coaches, stops along the way for photos.

.. ..Doubtful Sound Cruise round-trip journey approximately 3 hours to the Tasman Sea.

Nature Guide on board Doubtful Sound cruise vessel.

.. ..Nature Guide on board Real Journey's cruise vessel, Doubtful Sound day trip.

Overnight Cruise Doubtful Sound, Navigator Vessel.

.. ..Overnight Cruise Doubtful Sound cruise boat - Navigator Vessel. Operates Nov - May.

Comments by Viscount Cobham, Governor General of NZ (1957 - 1962) . . "There are just a few areas left in the
world where no human has ever set foot. That one of them should be in a country so civilized, so advanced as
New Zealand may seem incredible, unless one has visited the south-west corner of the South Island. Jagged
razor backed mountains rear their heads into the sky. More than 200 days of rain a year ensure not a tree
branch is left bare and brown, moss and epiphytes drape every nook. The forest is intensely green. This is big
country... one day peaceful, a study in green and blue, the next melancholy and misty, with low cloud veiling
the tops... an awesome place, with its granite precipices, its hanging valley and its thundering cascades.