Kaikoura Bed and Breakfasts Reviews and Rates

Whalewatching: unser erster Pottwal

Was tausend andere Touristen auch machen, mussten wir natuerlich auch erleben: man jagt drei Stunden einem Pottwal hinterher. Das Boot positioniert sich ueber dem Kaikoura Tiefseegraben (bis 1600m tief), der wenige Kilometer vor der Kaikoura Peninsula abfaellt. Ein Maori Walsucher ortet den Wal und kann sein Auftauchen abschaetzen. Nach einer guten …

Dusky's at Dawn!

After a stopover in Rangitata, we made it to Kaikoura – our final destination in the South Island, but one we had been extremely excited for as we were going to firstly go Whale Watching and then, the following morning, swim with dolphins!! Mia and Morton had gone ahead of us from Mount Cook, but we met up with them at the office where we …

Bad weather sealed our fate

Like most of our travelling adventures we were again unprepared. That said I has made sure I'd emailed a few people to check out some must do's & Barneys had his head stuck in the lonely planet guide since the night before we were due to arrive in New Zealand.

A place that had been recommended was Kaikoura approximately 2 or so hours …

Seals and Crayfish

We left Blenheim reasonably early and went on towards Kaikoura.

On the way we stopped several times to see the seals. Hundreds of them all along the coast. It was amazing to see them in their natural habitat and to watch the little babies playing and learning to swim in little pools.

We had read that you could get fresh Crayfish …

Dolphins, Whales and Fisherman Tales

10th of September

My Travel around the South Island would be via a hop on, hop off ‘Magic Bus’. I only had 13 days in the South of New Zealand before flying to the North and there was so much to see so my days were going to be jam packed with lots of early starts. The magic bus is a good way to meet other travellers.

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Battered and bloody - not the fish!!

This was to be our second visit to the whale watching township of Kaikoura. We decided to do something a bit different this time so we went fishing with a couple of girls from the bus. The sea was a more than a bit rough but on the way out to the place where we would be fishing a small pod of dolphins were swimming in the wash of our boat and got …

Seals in the Stream

For the past few mornings Chris had developed a very annoying habit of getting up at 5am to answer a call of nature. This morning was no different. He managed to fumble around and get up for a wee in the pitch black, returning to the van just before the heavens opened.

Luckily we were under a tree which protected us quite a bit, though it …

Watching the whales

DOMINIQUE HERE:

Day : 190
Temperature : 20 degrees
Weather : Cloudy

It was hard to appreciate the sunrise at 5.30am, but it was beautiful. We packed up and headed into Kaikoura with Harold. Luckily, the weather for our trip was perfect. The seas were flat calm and there was barely any breeze.

After our safety …

Day 74 of Andy and Suez's Great Adventure

Day 74 of Andy and Suez's Great Adventure

We awoke to a beautifully clear, bright day. We didn't really do much in the morning as we were just sort of killing time until the Whale Watching tour at 1.15pm. So we just took our time getting sorted, then decided to walk into town to see what was there, grab a bit of lunch before heading to the …

8 heures de rando suivi d'un souper trop arrosé!

Hier, la randonnée dans la péninsule était de la petite bière comparée à la randonnee d'aujourd'hui; 8 heures dont 5 heures à monter continuellement jusqu'au sommet. Les randonnées sont vraiment différentes des randos au Québec! Mes quadriceps et mon cardio voulaient clairement abandonner, mais en orgueilleuse que je suis, je me suis rendue au …