· accommodations · animals · exploring · food · GIF · travel · New Zealand 2025
We did another overnight cruise, this time on Milford Sound, on the Fiordland Jewel.
They have a dedicated parking area:
Milford Sound selfie:
Check in counter:
Our boat arriving; much smaller than the previous cruise:
Waterfall selfie:
Milford Sound:
We splurged on the “governor suite king” cabin, alone on the top deck:
A nice bathroom… apart from the toilet getting stuck and flooding the room, dripping down to the saloon below! The captain did fix it very quickly, though:
View out the window of our cabin… which also had a faulty part, preventing one of the blinds from closing:
Snacks:
Seals:
Front deck:
The boat anchored in a bay, then they offered kayak and boat excursions:
Helipad and hot tub:
Helm station:
Jenn took an icy dip — “it’s cold!"
Dinner:
Hot tub:
Misty morning:
Saloon:
Nice coffee machine; gotta have our flat white:
Breakfast menu:
Docking:
Milford Sound is certainly scenic, but much smaller than Doubtful Sound. The two were very different experiences, but if we had to choose one, we preferred the Doubtful Sound one. Milford Sound would be better experienced as a day trip.