May 28, 2025
Incredible views. Must do. - Incredible. Just incredible. Had blue skies. Fun drivers and commentary on the boat. Views are out of this world. Do this instead of Milford sound! Was more peaceful.
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May 14, 2025
Breathtakingly beautiful - Wonderful, beautiful, well-organised, friendly and helpful staff. Highly recommend this tour, it is a "must do" and worth every dollar. Doubtful Sound is spectacular from every angle, rain, cloud, mist or shine.
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May 10, 2025
West Coast Adventure out of Te Anau - Superb experience encapsulating the serene and the wild personalities of Doubtful Sound. RealNZ organised it well and their boat was comfortable and well-catered.
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Apr 22, 2025
Doubtful Sound is stunning. - It was a great experience. Staff were wonderful. We had a rainy day, but I was told that's how you want it so you get to see all the waterfalls. And yes, we saw a ton of waterfalls. We also stopped on the way back for a moment of complete silence. They turned off the engines and asked everyone to be completely quiet. That was pretty cool.
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Apr 14, 2025
Excellent experience Trip Advisor booking. - This was a fantastic all day adventure. Ee were picked up for the first 20 minute bus leg from Te Anau caught the first boat up the lake in West Manapouri. Second bus trip over the pass about 45 minutes and then 3.5 hours on the boat. Every segment was packed with beautiful sights and great guides. Unfortunately, the booking through TripAdvisor was painful. The link that was e-mailed out would not take us to our tickets, nor with the app, nor with the website. We eventually had to go to the Real NZ Office to get our tickets printed. No response from TripAdvisor when I reached out to them.
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Apr 2, 2025
Beautiful scenery - Awesome experience. Beautiful waterfalls. The boat accommodations were very nice but passengers must bring their own lunches
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Apr 1, 2025
Amazing day in beautiful Doubtful Sound - March 19: We were staying in a Te Anau holiday park in our campers so needed a ride to the official start of the day. No worries, when booking thru RealNZ we were able to add a bus from Te Anau (an easy walk to their meeting center) that took us to Manapouri. Very nice ferry across the lake where we were met by comfortable buses that took us over a mountain pass to the Sound. There we boarded the ferry that would take us around Doubtful Sound for the next few hours.
The funny bus driver, Chris, who took us from/to Te Anau provided us with lots of interesting information along our route. The first ferry guide provided even more info about the history of the area and the giant power station. The Wilmot Pass bus driver, Andy, was also very educational about flora, fauna, and sea life, and clearly very proud of this beautiful area. The guide on the Doubtful Sound voyage kept us engaged and well informed throughout. The "quiet moment" was amazing.
We were very lucky with the weather that day but alas did not see very much wildlife. That's ok because the birds, animals, and sea life are not on our schedule and we know that. Doubtful Sound is gorgeoues with towering peaks, quiet inlets, waterfalls, glistening waters, and fresh air. It was truly a great day and we highly recommend this day tour.
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Mar 29, 2025
Good excursion on the right day and weather - What started as a rainy day turned in to a great waterfall presentation. The rain and clouds cleared and there were hundreds of waterfalls everywhere. Many of them lasting only a day or 2 after the rain. Great viewing, long day. Multiple transfers between busses and boats got tiresome.
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Mar 21, 2025
THE best day! - This was THE best day out! We had beautiful blue skies, it was warm(ish) . The staff are friendly and engaging and the captain was excellent in his commentary. I won’t go into too many details and spoil it but it really was just amazing. Highly recommend!
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Apr 30, 2025
Doubtful Sound itself is... - Doubtful Sound itself is beautiful with so much to take in. The natural beauty is breathtaking.
The whole experience with Real NZ though was less than great. Groups are large and it is a free for all push and shove to get on buses and boats.
Travelling with a person with a walking aid with no consideration shown by the staff. Staff were more interested in standing together chatting with each other which was a vast difference to the smaller boutique experience we had cruising Milford Sound with another company.
Commentary on board the cruise was informative and interesting.
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