DOUBTFUL SOUND

We left at 7.30 this morning and were taken to Lake Manapouri to board a catamaran to take us on a Doubtful Sound Wilderness Cruise.
We cruised across Lake Manapouri to where they built the largest Hydro power station in New Zealand, 176m below the lake level and with 2km of tunnel 9m wide. The Wilmot Pass was built in 1965 to transport machinery for the power station from Doubtful Sound and is the only road not connected to the network. It took 2 years to build over the 670 m high pass and is now used mainly for visitors. We transferred to buses and travelled 22kms to Doubtful Sound where boarded another catamaran cruised and out to theTasman Sea and around the sound and fiords before returning to Te Anau this afternoon, having a quiet night tonight as we get our own dinner. Tomorrow we go to Milford Sound before going to Queenstown for 3 nights.
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5 x Doubtful Sound
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