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Travel Blogs from Kaikoura
Sperm Whales and Dusky Dolfins
8-10 december 2010
Woensdagochtend hebben we de beach cottage aan de Westkust achter ons gelaten om onze reis voort te zetten naar de oostkust richting Kaikoura. Onderweg passeerden we de Lewis Pass welke als een grootse attractie op de wegenkaart stond aangegeven, maar in real life bleek die niet zo spectaculair als ze op de kaart …
Seal mania in Kaikoura
... somehow got out of their field and onto our path. I was a bit unsure of walking past them on a single file path so we took a detour through a meadow and over barbed wire fences ha ha!
It was then back to our holiday park for a swim in the pool and a chill in the hot tub, what a fantastic day!!
We spend our last day in Kaikoura on the beach and wondering around town. It was really nice to chill out and not have anywhere to be or anything to do....perfect!
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Dolphins guaranteed?
... advised them to make lot's of noise under water to attracr the dolphins. I can tell you, this really is sort of a ridiculous sight but yet very entertaining. Imagine a pod of fast and graceful dolphins swimming along with a group of slow moving, noise making people in the water. Still it is exciting to watch the interaction between the people and dolphins. We make 5 stops for the people to swim with them. When they're done, the boat heads back to ...
Whales and baby ducks
... and even then you only see the top of him. He was amazing. We then watched him do his magnificent dive
with his tail flukes coming up out of the water so gracefully. It was simply stunning and we were all
stoked. When we first found him there
was another whale up on the surface at the same time. Mal, Alexandra and Nicholas had ...
Windy Kaikoura
... steal some power for the laptop and the phones, as well as some heat as things are starting to get cold down here.
We then check into our campsite for the night and have a delicious dinner of pasta from a packet! Excellent culinary skills! We get chatting to a group of Australians in the kitchen as we're both making dinner – though they’re having steak so think they are the winners there! As we’re eating and chatting together about ...
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- Free High-Speed Internet
- Beach
- Free parking