We were booked for the 10.30 trip from Te Anau to Milford sound. A 2 hour coach journey and 2+ hour boat trip out into the Tasmin Sea. The coach pulled into Te Anau after we'd been picked up from our hotel by a smaller coach. Only 4 boarded the coach here and struggled to find seats as the coach had come in from Queensntown and was full of people.
The driver, John, gave us full commentary during the entire journey to Milford, stopping at strategic photo stops (as well as toilets) to keep the photographers amoungst us happy.
We arrived and walked straight through to the boat and boarded it. It wasn't long before we were having our picnic lunch and riding the waves, viewing the massive rocks as the boat weaved its way through, pointing features of interest. The sun was shining, but on deck the wind was strong and we felt the full force of the so called 'day breeze' that filtered through the islands and mountains. Wildlife in abundance, we saw penguins (sorry, 1 penguin!) many many seals basking on rocks and a pod of around 15 or so blue nose dolphins.
Once on the open seas, the captain opened 2 sails on the boat to assist our venture from the mouth of Milford Sound. After a 15 minute turn in the Tasmin sea, we turned and headed back to port. Again the coach was waiting for us to board and made a direct jounrey back to Te Anau hotel by about 6pm leaving the Queenstown passengers to journey on for another 2 hours.
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