Real Journeys Te Anau

Journee qui a mal commencee, je n'ai pas entendu mon reveil (le bus devait arriver a 7h30 devant l'auberge de jeunesse). J'ai du me depecher, ce que je deteste le matin, surtout quand je n'ai pas acces a la salle de bain. Deux gars de ma chambre se sont reveilles en meme temps que moi et ont envahi les deux sdb, bref j'etais pas de bonne humeur …

We satyed at Milford Sound for the night so we enjoyed the drive in and had no rush to join our 10.30 cruise. It all worked to plan. Another beautiful day dawned but we packed jumpers and raincoats with the warning the weather can change very quickly here. Apparently it rains 200 days of the year. But not today.

The Milford Mariner was our …

... headed to Manapouri. What's in Manapouri? Not much. Lake Manapouri is the starting point for trips to Doubtful Sound. I took the Real Journeys bus in and headed across Lake Manapouri, which was quite cold. Once on the ground we got on another bus ...

... . Lake Manapouri is blue under clear skies and surrounded by hills and mountains. At 12:30 pm we join 68 others for our Real Journeys Overnight Cruise of the Doubtful Sound. First we cross Lake Manapouri to get to the remote road that leads to Doubtful ...

... to the dock for the bus ride and boat back to Manapouri by noon. It was a fabulous 24-hour cruise and we would recommend "Real Journeys" to anyone planning a trip to Doubtful Sound. We spend the rest of Friday at the nearby quiet resort town of Te Anau ...

... to L.A. After lunch at a cafe by the waterfront we hopped in the car and headed to Te Anau. In Te Anau we walked up and checked in with Real Journeys, the company we our going on the walk and cruise with, to let them know we came in a day early ...

... these little thieves! The second day in Milford Sound was very memorable. We booked a boat trip on the Milford Monarch with Real Journeys. The boat took us past Sterling Falls and Mitre Peak. We passed penguins and seals and followed the fjord out ...

... heb op het strandje erlangs zitten ontbijten. Meertje, bergen, zon, vakantie: heerlijk. Rond het middaguur werd ik opgehaald door REal Journeys, voor m'n overnight cruise op Milford Sound. We zaten maar met z'n zessen in de bus, en chauffeur/gids Chris ...

... and settled in for the evening. I suppose we should say, in case anyone is reading this and thinking about coming here, we went with Real Journeys for our trip out to Doubtful. Fully recommend them to anyone, it was a great tour and the boat was fab. ...

... took this bus to Lake Manapouri were we picked up our boxed lunches - oh, important tip, bagged or boxed lunches form Real Journeys, while very good, do NOT include any beverages so be sure - SPECIALLY FOR THE HIKE - to bring water with. Got ...

... hour trip we spent 8 mins seeing glow worms, and were charged 58 dollars for the privilege. The company that runs it called Real Journeys does about 8 trips a day with at least 40 poeple on the boat. they are making mega bucks. bastards. Anyway, ...

... from Boston who have both married Aussies.  They are all very interesting people to talk with, and we board the smaller Real Journeys boat for our trip across Lake Manapouri.  The tour guide has a very soothing voice.  There are not too ...