050723 Autumn Colours & Fiordland - Flipbook - Page 3
• Anchor Point, where Captain Cook anchored HMS
Resolution in 1773. Also Pickersgill Harbour where Cook
moored off Astronomer Point for five weeks.
• Pigeon Island, where we walk up the DOC pathway to visit
the site of the home of New Zealand’s first conservationist,
Richard Henry, who tried to save the kakapo from
extinction in the late 1800s. Here there is also an incredible
viewpoint towards the entrance of Dusky Sound.
Day 10 – Tuesday 16 May 2023
This morning we’ll take in some of the sights in and around
Te Anau before heading to the airport where our private
charter aircraft will be waiting to take us a spectacular flight
back to Queenstown Airport where we connect with a midafternoon Air New Zealand flight back to Auckland or your
home airport.
• We then cruise through the narrow channels of the Little
Harbour to The Basin where you can go kayaking or explore
Resolution Island on foot.
• There is also the possibility to launch the ROV to view
black coral and marine life, giving you the unique
opportunity to experience this remarkable place in a way
that, until now, has been impossible.
We’ll start to head back north through Breaksea to
Doubtful Sound
Day 9 – Monday 15 May 2023
At Doubtful Sound in the afternoon you’ll disembark and
take a bus over Wilmot Pass, a boat over Lake Manapouri
and return to Manapouri and on to Te Anau village, arriving
later afternoon.
Hotel:
Distinction Luxmore Hotel – Deluxe room
Please note there are variations are subject to the weather.
This sample itinerary is from Preservation Inlet ending in
Doubtful Sound.
