The highlight of our holiday - I couldn’t decide between Doubtful and Milford so we did both. Our Doubtful Sound Cruise ended up being the highlight of our entire 6 week trip to NZ. The staff were friendly, knowledgeable and Sunny our bus driver was unassumingly funny. We must have scored the perfect day with moody weather, only a slight drizzle, a million waterfalls and a small number of other passengers. We were lucky enough to experience the motors off in a cove for a few minutes, which is something else! Coming back for the overnight cruise is definitely on my wish list.

doubtful sound - short bus ride from Te Anau, then got on the boat across lake manapouri, the bus ride over the pass was good although some clouds. we did stop at the overlook on the way back as the weather had cleared. excellent boat ride, waterfalls, saw some penguins swimming. wine, drinks and food on the ship although we brought our own. highlight of the trip

Beautiful views, very full day, well worth the money - Absolutely beautiful. A very full day, even from Te Anau, involving 2 coaches and 2 boats but so worth it to experience the views and the tranquility. There was loads of room on the boat, a great commentator and you could buy food/drinks on board if you wanted or take your own. All staff super friendly and professional. Particularly special to go up the side channels and also out to the meeting point with the sea. We benefitted from good weather, but it would be a great trip anyway.

Highly recommend! - Cruising the Doubtful Sound is a very special experience.. the whole journey is very smooth, staffs are very friendly.

Amazing! - Excellent!! Great staff and what a place that the one boat had to itself!! It would have been amazing but with blue sky, a couple of Dolphin displays and out into the sea for a little seal watching, it really was spectacular!

Dountful Sound Tour - Absolutely magnificent! Impossible to get to Doubtful Sound on your own. This tour was unforgettable! Well worth it.

Wonderful experience - A wonderful day providing an insight into nature’s rawness and beauty at its very best. Tour facilities were of a very high standard along with great commentary.

Doubtful Sound - A superb trip that I cannot praise too highly. The journey to Doubtful is amazing, the scenery is awesome and the staff extremely helpful and knowledgeable.

Silence is memorable - The moments of silence on Doubtful sound on a perfectly beautiful day. I was able to just focus both inwards and outwards on the beauty of this part of New Zealand

Underwhelming given the hype, - Look, everything in NZ is amazing, and this was too, but given the hype, we were underwhelmed. It's a super long and tiring day of bus, boat, bus, boat and then all of that on return as well. We did Milford the next day and that was nicer (with less people and cheaper). We suggest you either skip this, or do a flyover, or do an overnight cruise, I think thaz could be more fun if it adds stargazing, kayaking etc. Too many people were with us (depending on what part of the journey as little as 60, and as many as almost 100) more than the 45 that was advertised. It was very loud, especially with all the uni students. You couldnt alway here the comms that well so missed out on useful commentary, both in the busses and boats. Transferring from.bus to boat was also somewhat chaotic, not many instructions were given. Thanks to Dave the bus driver though, he was informative and very funny!