Otago Peninsula Dunedin

... from 2 nights to three. While Dunedin itself has little to offer in my opinion, I was eager to do a tour of the adjoining Otago Peninsula which is famous for its wildlife. I had a star next to the Elm Wildlife Tour in my Lonely Planet, so somebody must ...

... We also went on a trip to see the Yellow Eyed Penguins which were very cute and funny, and we went out to the Otago peninsula to see the Albatross that nest there. They are massive birds and thankfully it was a really windy day so we got excellent ...

... and then turned round to make our way back to Dunedin.   In the afternoon, we joined the Elm Wildlife tour out to the Otago Peninsula. It was my second time on this trip, and it proved to be as enthralling as the first. The journey through the ...

... , walk to the top of Baldwin Street (the steepest street in the world which was quite cool and then we took the van out on Otago Peninsula for a drive and were going to have lunch out there, but we had seen a sign for St Kilda Beach and thought that for ...

... see a few yards in front of us, as the rain lashed onto the windscreen. We had indeed arrived at New Zealand's 'Scottish City'. Dunedin is actually the Maori word for Edinburgh. Upon checking into Stafford Gables YHA we were informed that we would be ...

... We came here to see the rarest penguin in the world - the Yellow Eyed Penguin - in a sanctuary on the Otago Peninsula, about 100km from Dunedin. We went on a guided tour of the place with the guy who actually founded the sanctuary and saved the penguins ...

Our quality toilet experience behind us, the Otago peninsula draws us along its weaving inner coastline. The lowering sun does spectacular things to Otago Harbour and the unsettled land north of Dunedin. A scant 20 km in length, the peninsula seems a lot ...

... (can anyone in New Zealand make an edible falafel?!) when we break out of the city into the rural charms of the Otago Peninsula. The transition to this wonderful landscape and my better frame of mind is the Exeloo south west of town. Emma returns from ...

The Otago Peninsula is just outside of Dunedin, and as its name suggests its a peninsula which juts out into the sea just outside of the city. Being located right by 2 sea climated on a very important continental shelf this peninsula ...

... other claim to fame - and so much better than a blimmin steep street - is that it is on the doorstep of the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand's wildlife capital. In an effort to get back to nature I had booked a tour of the peninsula to see albatross, penguins ...

... to make the most of this fantastic weather while I'd got the chance. I dashed straight back to the van and headed for the Otago Peninsula, the one thing I really wanted to see last time I was here and the only thing I didn't. I wasn't disappointed. ...

... lots of beautiful mid 19th century buildings (pretty old for NZ). Lots of cafes, bars and students here. We visited the Otago Peninsula just outside of the city, where we did a penguin tour. This involved scurrying along trenches and peeping out of ...

... Easter Eggs are being hollowed and are packed as we speak! So, weather permitting tommorow we shall drive out to the Otago Peninsula and visit some seals, penguins and albatross....oh and New Zealands only restored castle, then we head down to Queenstown ...

... over wild sea lions and a wee penguin. Then down to the Catlins, the wild and battered South Coast of New Zealand. Great cliff faces and crashing seas, lovely beaches and fortified fossil forests. Rare Hector dolphins performing acrobatics and surfing ...

Entry containing 2 photos titled: 1. Otago Peninsula, 2. Albatross Colony

... 6 of their beers, the pale ale was our favourite. The last thing we did before heading south from Dunedin was to explore (briefly) the Otago Peninsula. Apparently it's a good spot for marine wildlife, and it has the only mainland breeding ground for ...

... away but parking is always a problem.  One of the most exciting places in New Zealand for those who enjoy wildlife is on the Otago Peninsula . The Monarch Cruises offers the woirld od albatross, seals, pengins and a host of ...

... , terns, herons and a wide variety of shags (great, little, spotted... - there are many shags in New Zealand). Many tourists visit the Otago Pensinsula to be part of arguably the most precious wildlife habitat in New Zealand and to witness the wildlife in ...

... I bagged the Catlins tour idea for the tours I took today intead. 9am begin my tour of Larnach Castle, New Zealand's only castle, built by one of Dunedin's prominent figures, a banker by the name of William Larnach. It wasn't really a castle in the ...

... The next day was going to be a wildlife day. First up were the Royal Albatross on Taiaroa Head at the tip of the Otago Peninsula. Taiaroa Head has the world's only mainland colony of Albatross in the world, but unfortunately, at the time of year we were ...