· accommodations · exploring · food · GIF · travel · New Zealand 2025
We did an overnight cruise in Doubtful Sound of Fiordland National Park, aboard the Fiordland Navigator.
Just getting to the sound takes a couple of hours; first a catamaran to cross Lake Manapouri:
Hydro power station:
Model of the power station:
Then a coach crossing:
Waterfall:
Peek of the sound:
Boarding the Fiordland Navigator:
Our room:
Not a bad view out our window:
Heading out:
Windy selfie:
Doubtful Sound:
Fiordland Navigator bell:
Masts:
Birb:
NZ fur seals basking on an island:
Bar's open:
Kayaks:
Almost glassy water:
Kayak and swimming:
Buffet dinner:
Dessert:
Dusk:
Mooring ball:
Morning:
Breakfast:
Twisty:
Ship layout (we were in cabin 2 on the main deck):
Leaving the Fiordland Navigator:
Then back on the coach and catamaran.
A most memorable trip. So many waterfalls!