South Island Inns - Reviews and Rates

We arrived at Kaikoura and found a holiday park to stay at that night. We had lunch then went for a wander through the town, stopping briefly at an internet café. We enquired about whale and dolphin tours and eventually decided that Celia and Lauren would go dolphin watching the following morning as Lee was not too bothered about it.

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Having made quite a bit of headway, by lunchtime, we decided to head for Kaikura before heading to the North Island. Kaikura is famous because of the abundance of marine wildlife close to its shore, from passing orcas (killer whales), pilot whales, mink whales, as well as the nursery for humpback whales, where they stay at the waters off shore u...

Ha! Just like to shock you! I'm talking sperm whales - the story of how they got their name is just plain silly: when they managed to land the first one (damn fool idea in the first place if you ask me - if i came across somthing that big I would have the sense to leave well alone) anyway when they landed it they cut its head open (feeling quees...

Algo que nos ha llamado la atención en Nueva Zelanda y no sabemos explicar el porqué es que el cielo es inmenso. Será la falta de edificios y las montañas tan altas, no lo sé, o la forma de las nubes, algo debe ser que no hay NADA que se interponga entre el cielo y tú, gigantesco. Y por la noche, en Abel Tasman y en Kaikoura, hemos visto las est...

*************************************** *************************************** ******** This is writen while I am already in Darwin, Australia. Reports will be very short from here on - if I write something at all. I will update it with pictures from home. So everyone who will not have the pleaure going through millions of picture with me perso...

Our first order of duty on the south island was to pick up our soon to be new best friend, a Jucy 'crib'. What's a jucy crib? First off its terrific marketing www.jucy.co.nz. Basically its a toyota minivan that's been converted to a mobile studio apartment of sorts. There are two benches on either side that convert to a comfy bed complete with c...

Stayed in an apartment at a top 10 holiday park. Nice room Warm, comfy Bed, Internet, it did the job. Went out to see the Whales and had a great time even though the sea was well rough. The boat we went out on was amazing and handled the large waves brilliantly it was like being on a fairground ride. Saw lots of Sperm whales which came really cl...

Still on a buzz from the sky dive I head southwards. The weather gets colder the further south you go in NZ, I find this a very strange concept! After a long hot, boring day on the bus I have quick over night stop in Wellington, the capital city. Next day its off to Picton, the gateway to the south island. The ferry journey across is smooth and ...

Weather didn't improve so, using the wonderful Flexipass Indiana gave me, I booked myself onto the very next available bus out of rainy, rainy Kaikoura... even the nice Swiss couple I met last night left rather in a hurry and having missed the whales as well. We'll all come back and probably be on the same boat! As for Kaikoura, it has a really ...

the day got off to a bad start as i reversed my ´ride´ (a 1995 nissan sunny) into a low level loading bay (i couldn´t see it in the rear view mirror). kristian, a german chap i had met the night before helped me to do a crafty repair job with nothing more than a penknife. we headed out to see the whales, and were not disappointed, seeing 2 sperm...