RealNZ's Bluff Ferry Terminal & Visitor Centre sits at 13 Foreshore Road, Bluff, near Invercargill, and holds a 4.6 rating from 337 Google reviews. It is the mainland departure point for RealNZ's Stewart Island ferry and an information hub for the company's wider tours and cruises.
RealNZ runs cruises and experiences across Fiordland, Queenstown and Stewart Island: nine-hour Doubtful Sound Wilderness Cruises past dolphins, seals and rare seabirds, the Milford Sound Signature Cruise with local guides and barista coffee onboard, sailings aboard the 1912 TSS Earnslaw steamship, and Walter Peak Gourmet BBQ Dining. Fiordland weather changes quickly, so pack layers — the waterfalls tend to be at their most dramatic after rain. Booking online lets you bundle experiences and save 20%, and a decade of predator control on Cooper Island has helped bring kiwi pukupuku back to Fiordland.
From this spot on the Bluff foreshore, the ferry across Foveaux Strait to Stewart Island is where many southern journeys begin.