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Akaroa Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Akaroa, New Zealand
Delfinsichtung an Bord der Fox II
Hallo alle zusammen :-) Ich schreibe euch aus dem idyllischen und französisch angehauchten Städtchen "Akaroa". Unsere Unterkunft bis zum 27. Dezember ist das familiäre Hostel "Chez la Mer" nahe dem Stadtzentrum, das uns persönlich sehr gut gefällt. ...
Akaroa - braving the cold to swim with dolphins!
... great views over the harbour and was a lovely site. We then walked down the hill to take a look at the town. Akaroa has principally a French history and all the roads are named Rue.. You can see the French influence in the old ...
Memories of a sensational country...
... Nelson Lakes and Glaciers on the Wild West Coast. Passing the Haast pass down South East was like stepping into a whole new world - one of glacial lakes, surrounded by snow-capped mountains that can compete with our beautiful alps. Marginally better ...
First night in the motor home
tired boys. pub meal Chily morning Having picked up our motorhome, we eventualy left the McIntosh's at 4.30pm - Will they ever leave? they thought!!! Looking forward to seeing them again in Hanmer Springs on 15th Aug. Our first experience ...
Sacre Bleu! Les Dauphines!
... bothered to read this little missive, because I'm in Akaroa on the Bank's Peninsula, a little corner of France transposed to New Zealand. Akaroa is a great place: very twee and quite Gallic but I haven't actually spent all that much time here, shopping in ...
Seals, Dolphins, a Penguin and an Elephant Too!
... ;Ma Maison - before heading back over the hill to our Christchurch home for the night. Another successful day in beautiful New Zealand. I read recently that it is referred to by some as "The Greatest Little Country in the ...
akoroa cold! internet shack warm!
... place on earth right now, thus explaining why i'm in an internet cafe rather than exploring the most french town in new zealand! while in 'blog land', we are currently in the ulura kata-jutu national park, which appeared to be ...
Exploring the old French town of Akaroa
... raised their flag indicating that the land was theirs following the Treaty of Waitangi. This was mere days before the French arrived, so New Zealand was close to becoming a French colony! I have to say I expected the monument to be a bit more, well, ...
Swimming with Dolphins/Delphin schwimmen
... the place where these very rare and small dolphins like to live and it was these that we wanted to see. The Hector Dolphins or New Zealand Dolphins as they are know are the rarest and I think smallest dolphin in the world and they are only found on ...
Road Trip Baby!
We left Pauline's house this morning and headed for Akaroa, a little Town that has a beach and massive mountains around it.... very beautiful indeed. We arrived in town around 10.30am, so we had some brunch, walked around the harbour for a ...
Pacific ocean to tasman sea in one day (oct ...
... top of the mountain, the fog got thicker then suddenly (and we mean suddenly) it was brilliantly bright and sunny. Looking back at Akaroa harbour, all that could be seen was a big cloud ball but the way we were going, it was perfectly clear. With the ...
Akaroa and Banks Peninsula
... ; We had a well deserved lie in this morning before packing up the van and heading back on the road. Our destination is Akaroa which is reached by traveling through the Banks Peninsular. This is a very pretty area of land although the roads are very ...
Bonjour!
Before going back to where we started our trip 7 days ago on the South Island in Christchurch, we took a detour to Akaroa. It is located on the Banks Peninsula. The tourist drive over the Summit Road is breathtaking. It reminds me of Switzerland (of ...
Out to Find an Adventure
... cafe and immediately ordered a hot chocolate. Along with this I got pumpkin soup, which appears to be a fairly common thing in both New Zealand and Australia, so I figured I should give it a shot. It was actually really good, and a lot creamier than I ...
Akaroa
... From Christchurch take Route 75 (easy to find and negotiate from the city) to the Banks Peninsula and the town of Akaroa, New Zealand's only French settlement, settled in 1840. it is a small quaint French influenced village 85 km (1 1/2 hour drive) ...
Day 8 - Akaroa
... and after breakfast we got tickets to go on the tender boat to Akaroa - we then had about an hours wait before getting on the tender Akaroa is a small village with not much to do so we walk up the main street (5 minutes) and then on the way back we had ...
Climb Every Mountain
... shorter than they actually are due to the often winding nature of the back roads and steep climbs through the valleys. I arrived in Akaroa just after 1pm and easily found a room at one of the many backpackers here. It's a beautiful little bayside town, ...
Signing off from NZ
... hike for a cracking view was enough! As New Year approached we picked an ideal location for chilling out for a few days. Akaroa is a small colonial town (French) and a natural harbour on the East Coast's Banks Peninsula. The rolling green hills, numerous ...
Akaroa - Dolphin Swim
... come in to be nosey and play with the tourists. They are the smallest and rarest dolphins in the world and can only be found in New Zealand. They are wild and you are only allowed to swim with them if they like the look of you and give the right playful ...
Akaroa
... the rest of the trip! In the middle of conversation or singing along to some tunes someone would shout out "Ewe!" We reached Akaroa mid-afternoon and reserved a site for the night at the 'Top 10 Akaroa Holiday Park.' The Holiday Park was great; it ...
Arriving in NZ - relaxing in sunny Akaroa
... get woken by the dawn chorus at 5.20 which sounds like a hundred small children blowing penny whistles (all out of tune). Akaroa is gorgeous; famous for originally being French, for the Hector dolphins (found nowhere else in the world), Paua pearls ...
Flipper
... hour with 20 hector dolphins who were just so playful. These little guys are the smallest in the world and only found in New Zealand, another endangered species. As such, you weren't allowed to touch them as they had really sensitive skin which can flake ...
day 4 Organized ride to Akaroa
Today was spitting rain and damp - sure does not slow down 185+ BSA's! I have taken some amazing videos of the bikes, I have not been able to download my format to Travelpod yet - still working on that one. Lovely ride over a mountain to the ...
New Zealand---Akaroa
It's funny, but the more I think and write about the places we cycled through in New Zealand the more I find myself saying, "...hey, this little town looks just like such and such town back home..." Or "...hey, these mountains look just like such and such ...
Sun Feb 4: LOST IN FRANCE
... life; circumstances changed a little. The British and the maoris signed the treaty of Waitangi, making both islands of New Zealand British colonies. The weary French emigrants therefore sailed into Akaroa harbour only to find a large British flag ...
Snow covered mountains
Wow! This peninsula is not far from Christchurch, the first thing we noticed driving on the roads here was how quiet it all was and the lush green fields and sheep everywhere! It really was a world apart from Australia. Also, it was very relaxing knowing ...