Kaikoura Hostels - Reviews and Rates

Day 30
Main target in Kaikoura was whale watching. The forecast from the previous day was promising, but eventually I had a bad luck. Both cruises for the day were canceled. Fortunately, my trip up to this little town wasn't of no effect. The sight of snowy mountains being as a perfect background behind the sea was worth the time and petrol....

Blenheim is definetly a low key kinda town. Well, I shouldn't really judge since I arrived on a Saturday when some businesses are closed. I just had a really boring time there. New Zealand is still old fashioned in the sense that they still enjoy their weekends, therefore closing many stores on Sundays as well. Which means travelers like me are ...

Friday 4th July 2008 We left Christchurch at 8am, catching the Magic Bus to Kaikoura. We chose Kaikoura as our next destination in NZ due to the whale watching. The journey took 4 hours and we stopped off on the way to watch a group of sunbathing seals. One of the group on the Magic Bus decided to get an up close photo next to one of the big sea...

Vous avez deja traverse une colonie d'otaries a pieds? Non? Tres bien, c'est a deconseiller. Ca faisait longtemps que je n'avais pas eu peur comme ca. C'est pas comme si c'etait notre faute. On a juste suivi les conseils de notre guide de voyage: " Ne manquez pas la balade au bout de la peninsule". On est docile on ecoute. C'est vrai qu'elle est...

Slept great - windows open with a cool breeze. no bugs - Amazing! We're on the ground floor & you can literally step out of your window to the street, but somehow feel very safe. Everyone here is 20 something. I'm really the Grandma of the group. Abby & I actually exercized this morning in the drive way. Crazy, eh? Another bit of trivia - all ch...

Fire. Believe me ladies, if you want your fella out of the way for a while give him some matches and an endless supply of stuff to burn. The primeival side of any many will come out when faced with this scenario. He'll spend hours stood next to an oil drum or a pile of burning leaves giving it a 'knowing' poke and on the occasions when you do go...

Kaikoura - After a heavy night on the beer (people from Newcastle are animal drinkers!) and 3 hours sleep I was on the road again, to Kaikoura. The town of Kaikoura only exists because of the high demand for Whale-Watching and Swimming-With-Dolphins. The reason that there are so many deep sea species in Kaikoura is because the continental shelf ...

DAY 11 SAT We rose really early, partly to hit the road and partly to beat the large family in the next room to the showers. Yesterday had been sunny so, as expected, today it was raining. We stopped for breakfast at Murchison, ninety minutes from Nelson and struggled to finish enormous ham, cheese and tomato sandwiches (toasted) which left us f...

Yes after a day of doing nothing but shopping and eating (and drinkling, of course) we headed back up to Kaikoura. Still no joy with the dolphin swim, but we did have a good night at Sonic on the Rocks as there was a guitar duo playing and they were really, really good. And, I ended up in the middle of a stag night so the only drink I bought all...

Vicky was brave and camped in our tent for here second night in NZ. We'd carried our tent over that we'd bought in Oz. It's an early start today as well. 4am wake up with a tap on the tent door as we're catching the 5.30am whale watch boat. Peeling back the eyelids we drive the short distance to the harbour, have a strong coffee and watch a gorg...