About Milford Sound Tourism

Who runs this site

Milford Sound Tourism is run by Deane Crabb, the site's owner. It is a small independent publication, not a business that runs tours.

We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or speaking for the Department of Conservation, NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Visit Fiordland, Tourism New Zealand, Ngāi Tahu or any tour operator. Nothing here is official advice.

Where our facts come from

Our guides are written from pages we have saved, mostly from official bodies such as the Department of Conservation and Tourism New Zealand, the regional tourism organisation Visit Fiordland, and operators' own pages for details only they publish. Each guide names its sources, so you can see where a fact came from.

How our guides are written

Our guides are drafted with AI tools. A separate reviewer then checks each guide against the saved sources before it is signed off. A guide that has not been signed off yet says so at the top.

How the site is paid

Some links to book a trip earn us a commission from our booking partner, at no extra cost to you. Trips are chosen because they suit the page, never because anyone paid to be shown. Our How we are paid page explains the details, including that we share a booking partner account with our sister site Queenstown Tourism (queenstowntourism.com).

About our images

The home page image is AI-generated. It is not a photograph and does not show a particular waterfall, day or boat operator, as the image credits in the footer say. Pictures of trips come from the booking partner's listings for those trips.

Stay safe

Weather, the Milford Road and walking tracks can change quickly. The home and Today pages show recent readings: a weather forecast from MET Norway, road notices from NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, tides from Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, earthquakes from GeoNet and severe weather warnings from MetService. Our server copies them about every 15 minutes and the page hides a reading that is too old. They are not official warnings, and no notice never means a road or track is open.

Before you travel, check the Department of Conservation for tracks and alerts and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi for the Milford Road. In an emergency call 111.

Contact us

Questions, corrections and privacy requests are welcome. Email us at hello@queenstowntourism.com, an inbox we share with our sister site Queenstown Tourism. If you spot a fact that has changed, tell us which page it is on and we will check it against the source.