If your ship’s itinerary includes multiple fjords, then you will probably not travel farther into Doubtful Sound or one of its branching arms. Instead, you will sail around the tip of Secretary Island. This wedge-shaped 31 acres has the tallest mountain off the New Zealand mainland. Mount Grono peaks at 3,924 feet. The summit’s namesake was Welsh sea captain John Grono. He moored his ship in a nearby bay several times in the early 19th century while collecting thousands of seal pelts during each expedition. You are now sailing through the short Pendulo Reach before connecting with Thompson Sound.
