The views were splendid of course and we were lucky with the weather but what made our Doubtful Sound trip extra special was our exceptional nature guide/coach driver Alan whose communication and storytelling skills were truly outstanding. This gave us such a thorough grounding in the history, biology and geography of Doubtful Sound that we really understood and cared about it before we even got on the second boat. Our daughter and her friend who were in the other coach did not have the same experience at all. So thank you Alan and well done Real NZ. Hopefully Alan will be training your other guides very soon if he isn’t already.