I traveled to Doubtful Sound this past weekend, arguably one of the most beautiful spots in the world. There are no roads leading directly to the sound, so you have to take a ferry across Lake Manapouri to reach a bus that runs between the lake and Doubtful. (Sorry about the watermark, it was unintentional)
From land:
We would be on for an overnight cruise, staying here:
Saturday was beautiful, and we stayed on deck for much of the afternoon.
Some curious Dolphins:
A good sized boat- gives you an idea how big the mountains are.
Seals:
Saturday night brought heavy rain, a commonplace occurrence in Fiordland, parts of which get more than 6 meters of rain a year. Sunday morning came and the water was a bit choppier than it had been the day before, and the rain was still going. One good thing about the rain is that it causes waterfalls. There were hundreds of waterfalls that hadn’t been there before. The wind was really going hard, with sustained blows of 60 mph, and gusts harder than that. I could lean into the wind, and be held up.
Count the waterfalls:
