Staff were friendly and accommodating. We changed the time of our return trip to Bluff - no problem. Organised and easy to travel between islands - really impressed with ease of journey. I'm not the best traveller but staff and team made it so straight forward and felt extremely safe. Visited Stewart Island with teenage son. Service was punctual and very professionally run. Something that is essential given the often challenging sea conditions in this area. A most enjoyable experience and one I would recommend.
We took the ferry to Stewart Island. It takes an hour on a fast ferry.
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The waters in Fouveaux Strait are rough even on calm days. I do get seasick but sat by a window looking out to the horizon and was fine. Great service by the team at both ports and on the ferry. Great way to travel from Bluff to Stewart Island. Thanks for a great experience. ColinO, via TripAdvisor. A great way to get to Stewart Island. Very professional operators and hospitable crew. Bar on board, plus tea and coffee and great scenery but can be a little rough at times.
The sea conditions on the trip to the island was very rough with large swells running but the skipper made sure we got the smoothest ride possible. The ferry itself was comfortable with plenty of room when seated. Overall impressive! Lovely travel on the cat. A little rough for the other of our party that came over the next day but with wonderful staff on board and assistance, all was good. Even the non seafarers.. ManfredG via TripAdvisor. Fantastic service. The staff were really friendly and the bus connections were very smooth.
We were collected directly from Invercargil Airport on arrival and dropped to our hostel in Queenstown at the end.
Very easy. I would highly recommend. JEHudson via TripAdvisor. Both our journeys to and from Stewart Island is on time.
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We had excellent conditions, calm waters way out to Stewart Island but the journey back was quite rough. It was still quite good to experience the choppy water. Was picked up from the Invercargill Airport and dropped off at the wharf in Bluff. An 'interesting' trip to Oban-wind and waves but we were all well looked after by the crew!! Left and arrived on time. Loved the bins for the luggage - most efficient.
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We were lucky to travel over on a fine day, and not much wind. The captain of the vessel was able to provide a commentary and points of interest to us as we travelled over. The catamaran was clean. Staff at both terminals provided excellent service. Was not looking forward to 55 min ride.
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Hey time flew and was there before I knew it. Comfortable seating Drinks and nibbles at reasonable price Chance to talk to fellow passengers. Staff very helpful. Toilet available.
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Saw dolphins. From an easy friendly phone call booking the night before to when we returned back to Bluff it was a great experience. Lovely clean boat, the sailing was fab. Excellent service from the Stewart Island ferry company. We broke down en route to the ferry, and they were amazingly helpful on the phone reassuring us that provided we arrived before the ferry left we would get on it. Lovely staff, spacious well maintained ferry. Thanks so much for a lovely experience. Visited April The catamaran was clean, modern and provided a mixture of mostly individual seating with a few tabled booths snacks can be purchased with free complimentary tea or coffee available from small bar as well as outdoor seating- first on best seated!
School holiday periods usually have a special deal where a child travels free with a paying adult, which was great for our group. A good trip to Stewart island and back. A little rough but added to the ride. Recommend to all visitors to the Deep South.
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Visited March Our trip over and back was so calm B N, Bunnythorpe via TripAdvisor. Been told all kinds of tales about this trip but we couldn't have asked for better. Smooth fast trip with places of interest pointed out. Friendly staff very helpful. Booked wrong date and they were very kind and rebooked for right day at no extra cost. Thanks ferry people you were great. Our captain narrated the interesting bits of the crossing and we even detoured a bit to watch an oyster ship being up its trawler full of oysters.
Somewhat choppy water but the ferry was right on time. SarahS via TripAdvisor. On a good day you can get great photos of the sea birds soaring over the straight sit back and relax with a wine or tea and coffee. The staff are friendly and helpful. Only one hour from Bluff this is a great way to arrive at the Island. We had a very smooth crossing to Stewart Island, and a slightly more bumpy ride back to Bluff. The ferry is comfortable, and we saw plenty of wildlife - albatrosses and shearwaters - from the windows.
We were picked up as organised from our accomodation in Invercargill and delivered to the Bluff port. The ferry crossing going to Stewart Island was pretty calm and uneventful. Free tea and coffee offered onboard and the captain gave commentary on points of interest. Coming back to Bluff the crossing was quite rough but the boat and captain could obviously handle the conditions so I was not concerned at all.
Departure lounges at both ports were good and had brochures on local attractions. Foveaux Strait is rough so no trip is guaranteed to be comfortable. What I got was a safe ferry operator who was sensible to cancel some sailings in bad weather. So what? We stayed an extra night and spent a little bit extra? The next day was still a rough crossing but we got back safely.
The boats different boat each way were clean and the crew were top quality and did what they could to help all the many sick people including my children. As with many things on Stewart island the ferry company is a monopoly with no direct competitor but they do not behave this way. The service is prompt and friendly. Foveaux is a difficult crossing which we experienced both directions.
The staff were alert to people feeling or being ill and very very kind discreet and caring to those who were unwell. Also friendly and happy to chat with others who want the skinny on life on the island. On the way over we went on a smaller boat which was great fun. It was a little choppy but there were lots of birds to see.
On the return journey we were on a bigger boat the sea was calmer but it didn't seem to ride the waves as well as the smaller one. A place you would probably only visit once in your life so worth doing everything. Very helpful staff.