The most incorrect guide book comment ever!!!
We are just back to Te Anau from 24 hours cruising within Doubtful Sound, and it has been amazing!
(I seem to be using that term a lot in New Zealand!!!)
We boarded a Real Journeys vessel yesterday lunchtime and set off into the Sound (which is actually technically a fiord, as it was carved out by glacial action).
The boat was amazing, we felt like royalty and had our very own penthouse double cabin, complete with ensuite and amazing views!!!
We cruised throughout Doubtful Sound, and out to the Tasman Sea, stopping at Crooked Bay for some kayaking and nature spotting!
We spent the night moared in the Sound, playing card games and chatting and awoke this morning to complete wilderness!
And the biggest guide book lie ever......it said in our book that we may want to take our own food onboard as you didn't get very much! How wrong could they be!!!! We were given a 'delux' lunch box on arrival, then hot muffins and tea, then after kayaking there was hot soup, then dinner.....which consisted of more options for main and for desert than Mum and Nan have ever given us!!! (and that is lots for those who don't know my family!). There was no limit to what you could eat...appart from perhaps the wish to be able to move again! It was topped off this morning with a gorgeous breakfast...continental and cooked.....perfect! We are now on major diets!!!
The Sound itself was amazing....one of the only places in the world that is completely untouched by man....infact it is so remote that a few years ago there was a huge earth quake (as it lies on a major fault line)....and while major nations throughout the world registered the quake and were ringing New Zealand to offer aid, those in New Zealand were asking 'what earth quake?'.....not one person was hurt, and although you can still see the scares on the land and the reshaping that took place, no damage was done!
The Sound is made up of 100s of meters of salt water, topped off with a layer of fresh water...this means the moss and trees grow right to the waters edge...even on sheer mountain slopes. Amazing!
Again we met some lovely people, Roy and Andy, Claire and Dick...and learnt some brand new card games!!!
xxx

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