MANAPOURI POWER STATION & DOUBTFUL SOUND

Waiting for the boat that took us to the Manapouri Power Station then it was bus across to Doubtful Sound for a 3 hour cruise.

Not the centre of the earth but 200 metres down, the Manapouri Power Station.

What we travelled down to see, the exciters which sit above the turbines.

The tunnel as we begin our 2k journey to the surface 200 metres above.

Our first view of Doubtful Sound.

Raewyn listening attentively to the commentary.

"Blanket Bay Hotel", a fishermans lodge. These guys had had a good day including blue cod and crayfish which they were holding up for us to see.

A typical but spectacular view of the Sound as we saw it on our trip. We did see waterfalls including New Zealands highest waterfall but have not included any photos as there had not been rain for a while so were not as spectacular as normal.

We were fortunate enough to see a pod of the rare Bottlenose dolphins.

Keas at Manapouri Power Station.