Milford Sound Tour: Luxurious Small-Group Experience

Embark on a luxurious full-day tour from Te Anau to Milford Sound. Enjoy a comfortable ride, guided commentary, nature walks, and a two-hour nature cruise with dining options. Leave no footprints as the tour offsets its emissions with native tree planting.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Te Anau Downs - Following departure form Te Anau, we have a 25min drive to Te Anau Downs. If the weather is appropriate, we stop here for a photo and sightseeing looking across Lake Te Anau and down the Middle Fjord.
  • Mirror Lakes Walk - Following a 20min drive, we arrive at Mirror Lakes. This short 2-minute nature walk on well formed tracks…
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Cruise ticket
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Snacks
Additional Information

Travel the Milford Road in our luxurious and comfortable vehicles, specifically designed for small group tours to Milford Sound. Enjoy modern amenities such as leather bucket seats, extended legroom, high-performance air conditioning, small bag storage, table trays, and USB charging ports.
With expert commentary from our local guides, we take you to all…

Location
Milford Road Merchant
Milford Road
This meeting point is at: Milford Road Merchant Cafe, 225 Milford Road, Te Anau.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Chrisfl9463hc
Mar 1, 2025
A great day's sightseeing - Very professional tour. Toby's commentary was very interesting and friendly. Everything planned and easy including the boat departure. Picked up and dropped at our accommodation. Boat trip was also good with good service and amazing views. A very enjoyable day.
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3canux
Feb 28, 2025
A great day out! - Thanks to Murray for a superb day. It was much more than a drive to Milford Sound. En route Murray shared his knowledge and passion for Fjordland with us, including at some memorable stops. It was enlightening, enjoyable, and fun as well. The vehicle we travelled in was spacious and comfortable. All apects of the day were well planned. Highly recommended this tour.
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K1045ctinesk
Feb 28, 2025
I can recommend this day trip with an all-round feel-good program. - It was an interesting and very well accompanied excursion. Nicky was there with pleasure and gave us wonderful information.
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Alisonmk8062gh
Feb 26, 2025
Simply the best ! Thoroughly recommend and pleased to support small local business. - We didnt fancy a large coach trip to Milford Sound, so chose Luxe Tours for their promise of more personalised tours. They didn't disappoint. From the moment we got on to the small luxury van, our driver, Murray, kept us entertained and informed with his great knowledge of the area - it's wildlife, geology, history and myths, as well as humorous stories and anecdotes. Its obvious he loves the Fiordland district. The morning weather was kind to us and we were able to make several scenic photo stops, (which the big coach tours don't do.) All the stops were very relaxed, we never felt under any pressure to "hurry along". A stop for hot drinks and the "best ever" muffins on the banks of the river was delightful. We had pre-booked lunch on the boat, and it was served to us in our reserved seats shortly after we boarded. Contrary to some other reviews, we didn't feel the boat was crowded at all. There was plenty of room for everyone. It started to rain as we got on the boat which meant on our drive back we saw some beautiful waterfalls down the rock faces and got some great pics. We had a great day out. Special thanks to Murray for helping to make the day so memorable. And thank you, Luxe Tours, you've got it just right.!
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Dreamer65156002733
Feb 24, 2025
Highly recommended small group tour - Our guide Murray was knowledgeable and funny. Made our trip very memorable. I highly recommend Luxe tours and enjoyed being in a smaller more personable group.
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551rodneye
Feb 21, 2025
Great trip - Great guide - A small group tour is a great way to enjoy Milford sound. Murray our Tour Guide, was fantastic, very knowledgably, friendly and approachable and really looked after us throughout the day. We stopped for great photo opportunities and fantastic views. He was very informative about a range of subjects, not just related to the trip but many aspects of New Zealand's history and agriculture. We would highly recommend this trip.
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Laurie
Feb 21, 2025
Flawless! - Toby and Katelyn were very helpful with our late booking and a special request. Murray, our driver and guide did all we hoped for and more and helped to make it an enjoyable and educational day. Behind his wry sense of humour lies a passion for Fiordland that is infectious. Thank you to the whole tram L and M
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Juliedonohue12
Feb 19, 2025
We had a great time on our day tour to Milford sound. We would highly recommend Luxe Tours. - Our tour with Toby (owner of Luxe tours) was great from the moment he picked us up from our accommodation. He was very knowledgeable about the area and gave great commentary. The small group was perfect. The bus was VERY comfortable and immaculately clean. We loved everything about the tour and would highly recommend it.
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Lori8588
Feb 19, 2025
Best tour we have ever been on! - It was an excellent tour right from the start. We were picked up by Nicky, who should receive status as the best ever tour guide! Super friendly, outgoing, passionate, so full of knowledge and love for nature. She brought the tour and NZ alive with her stories and enthusiasm. We would absolutely go on another Luxe tour next time we are in NZ. Loved every minute of it!
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P5544sulindan
Feb 17, 2025
Wonderful tour - great guide/driver - Wonderful trip. Our driver/guide, Simon was excellent. We were picked up from our accommodation in The Anau....just a tip...we were the last pick up and not much choice of seating, however it didn't matter as windows were very large and seating was comfortable. Could see very well despite not having a window seat as didn't want to sit at the back. Lovely small minibus. Lots of stops for views and Simon stopped at a lovely creek for our morning coffee and muffin. The cruise of Milford Sound exceeded expectations and there was plenty of room to view the amazing scenery and reserved area for Luxe Tours guests downstairs inside. Simon was there to greet us when we got off the boat, then drove us back Vis a couple more viewpoints and a toilet stop. A wonderful day, made extra special by Simon who obviously never tires of this beautiful scenery. He dropped us back at our accommodation. Long day but well worth it. Glad we did it from Te Anau and not Queenstown. Highly recommend this tour company.
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