Cruise was your typical sight-seeing voyage, usual commentary and jokes, as personal as it could be I suppose. Milford sound was already amazing to us having done the 4 day track walk and this was a decent finish. We chose this food because of the terrible service at the Blue Duck cafe the day earlier, I refused to give them... More

The other reviews below are about the same as what I had. The staff seem to be in some sort of feud on the two vessels we went on. The food is terrible quality but the two Philippine chiefs are amazing and you could see they tried to do the best with what crap they had to work with. The... More

Fourteen of us left at 8.30am from Te Anau on 22 seater bus with our driver/tour guide Bruce. Thoroughly enjoyed the 3 hour trip with Bruce's excellent commentary ... even enjoyed his jokes! Had plenty of photo stops. Boat trip was sooooo spectacular and lasted a leisurely 3 hours with lunch and stop off at Underwater Discovery centre. Arrived back... More

The four of us flew with Air Milford from Queenstown to Milford Sound. The fight was spectacular & the pilot of our plane Excellent. He was friendly & very informative. The flight was great & landings very smooth. All the staff at Air Milford were cheerful & friendly. The cruise with Southern Discoveries was awesome. There was great commentary, beautiful... More

The boat was very comfortable, the crew cheerful and very informative. We felt it was a leisurely cruise, and were given plenty of time to enjoy viewing the dolphins and seals. Great value for the price too. More

Our trip to Milford Sound with this company was outstanding. The bus was small, so a small compact group and Bruce, the driver, was wonderful and so knowledgeable - we are trying to remember all his jokes. He stopped at key scenic points en route from Te Anau and gave us time for pictures. We had a three-hour cruise (the... More

What a magical experience. From the very first point of contact with Naomi at the Queenstown office, she was exceptionally helpful and really went out of her way to ensure we made the right choice of cruise. Also Claire, Brett and the crew were so friendly and approachable, especially with such a wide choice of cruises to choose from. We... More

My husband and I took the Encounter Nature cruise with Southern Discoveries at 10am. It was spectacular! Our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly and the rest of the staff made us feel right at home. The best part was the skipper. We commented numerous times how well he must have known his boat. He would take us right up... More

Milford Sound is a must for a NZ trip especially if you plan to visit South Island (I wrote about it elsewhere). And therein lays a part of a problem (which I'll focus on in this review). Being so far it seems the general opinion is that prices can be set at will and any further effort is optional. Too... More