Te Anau is a town on the western side of New Zealand’s south island and its one of the hubs for hiking and cruising the famous Fiordland National Park including the Milford and Doubtful Sounds. We really liked this town – we had an excellent Airbnb, a fantastic gastro pub nearby and even though it rained the whole time we had a great time.
Te Anau Airbnb 
Takahe – Te Anau bird sanctuary 
Our Airbnb host’s boat “Faith” 
The weather wasn’t conducive for doing any of the main hikes but we did do the Doubtful Sound Cruise. This Sound is very remote and quite hard to get to. Our excursion involved a cruise, followed by a bus ride, followed by the actual cruise of the Sound. It is said that if you haven’t experienced the Sounds in the rain then you haven’t experienced the real Sounds and we can now say that we have had the full experience. We would have loved to do it without the roar of the cruise boat engines and the bustling of the tourists but it was still very special.
It was really hard to get decent photos that captured the majesty of the mountains and waterfalls in the soft misty atmosphere but here are a few photos anyway.
