• Spring 2025 Trip
    A few nice stops along the bus route from Manapouri Lake to the Sound.
    Kiwi humor (read the bottom sign).Looking out to the Tasman Sea.

    Doubtful Sound

    March 18, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌫 41 °F

    Another bucket-list area ....
    We boarded a boat in Manapouri, went across the lake (~50 min) to reach Fiordland National Park. We then boarded a bus for the ~1hr trek to the Sound, and then boarded the boat that took us through Doubtful Sound for ~3hrs; we turned around at the Tasman Sea.
    It poured all last night which only made the waterfalls all the more prominent.    Read more