Kaikoura Hotels - Reviews and Rates

We left Picton and drove high up, with great views over the sounds, into the forest. The road turned to gravel and it was just us and the logging trucks. We had some lovely views down into little coves, and the further we got from Picton, the more exposed the land became, and the waves became higher and rougher. It was very rugged and wild. Even...

Nou, daar was ik dan weer in Kairoura. Om kwart voor twee werd ik opgehaald door David, die in zijn eentje de surfschool "Boardsilly" in Kaikoura runt. Een echte Kiwi en ik had dan ook een tijdje nodig om aan zijn accent en het vele surf-slang dat hij gebruikt, te wennen.

Wederom kreeg ik een wetsuit aan, man, wat zat deze strak, hij tro...

We left Picton early on Saturday morning and drove through to Bleheim, we spent about a hour in the City (more like a town), before visiting the Omaka Aviation Museum. There is a WWII Hurricane on the front lawn but everything inside is WWI, god knows how they ended up with so many artifacts that actually belonged to the Red Baron. Rumour has it...

Tena koutou, hello! We are now in New Zealand, home of the All Blacks and the haka. This is the Maori legend of New Zealand...... "Maui was a demi-god, who lived in Hawaiiki. He possessed magic powers that not all of his family knew about. One day when he was very young, he hid in the bottom of his brothers' boat in order to go out fishing with ...

Journal pour jeudi le 12 fevrier Jogging sur le bord de la mer ce matin... l'air retrait a plein poumon! Bon je suis inscrit pour un cours de plongee dans deux semaines, debutant le 2 mars. Il faudra donc que je revienne dans le secteur. Pas de place avent quelques jours pour aller nager avec les dauphins. (C'est une autre espece, plus grosse, q...

Kia Ora, meine dritte Interislander Fahrt war leider verregnet, aber dadurch habe ich Fotos gespart:-) Sicht war ebenfalls nicht gut, leider auch nicht auf der Zugfahrt gen Sueden, die an sich ganz nett gewesen waere. Habe Kaikoura am spaeten Nachmittag erreicht, ein verschlafenes Dorf bis 1987 als Nature Watch Charters Walbobachtungstrips start...

The ferry from Wellington to Picton across the Cook Strait is meant to be a beautiful and picturesque sailing. We saw nothing but darkness and tried, unsuccessfully, to get some sleep. As we chose the cheapest crossing. 1AM to 4AM. Unfortunately some things just have to be sacrificed. The first thing we did when we arrived in Picton was find a q...

I think we can confirm that the old man definitely is snoring and probably not removing the bucket for another few weeks. Yup, the rain continues and therefore unfortunately for you, do the blogs. Currently in Kaikora where the rain wouldn't matter a whole heap with the dolphin swimming, not that we care. But more of that later. Having survived ...

We turned up in Kaikoura knowing exactly what we wanted to do, but (yes, uou guessed it) without any reservation. Luckily though, the Dolphin Encounter had just had 2 cancellations so we booked in for the next morning. We spent the afternoon checking out the resident seal colony on the edge of town (well, on the edge of the sea, but you know wha...

Wed 7 Feb Payed one final visit in Dunedin to a super secluded beach, Tunnel Beach. It features a hand-made tunnel through the sandstone to a secluded beach - built for a family who liked the privacy of their own beach. Amazing scenery. Weather is cloudy again, with wild winds, mist rolling in off the sea. Headed up to view the Moeraki boulders ...