Akaroa Ranches - Reviews and Rates

About forty minutes outside Christchurch is Akaroa a little fishing port that was mainly enhabited by the french so today you find quite a bit of French stuff here you know croissants and that sort of thing.If you ever find your self in Christchurch Akaroa is well worth a visit if only for the drive.

Saturday 11 October Akaroa S 43° 48.0' E 172° 58.1' Finally made it to Will and Debs'. Left the non-starting van where it was in the campsite and caught the bus down Cranford St to their bijou residence, in time to wake them up. After greetings, we walked into town and negotiated me a place on the bus to Akaroa, where the annual French Festival ...

The time was approaching for us to consider parting company with Lucy. We had left ourselves a reasonable amount of time to spend in Christchurch at the Backpackers Car Market, so we were quite confident that we'd be able to sell her before we left. Still, we were starting to wonder how long it might take, so we had a decision to make. Would we ...

Our final activity we had planned for our road trip was to go swimming with the dolphins. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of this one because it was raining and I didn't want to risk having a wet camera. Either way, we had an early start time and were out on the boat by nine. Armed once again with some wetsuits we were ready for our swim...

The hotel rate includes breakfast - so went down about 8a.m. - briefly chatted with some CSTA friends, Chuck Hilhorst and Rick Lusk about what we'd been up to and how everyone was doing. Hockey of course was a big topic (today's game was underway about then!) - when they returned a few min. later to tell us the Ottawa Senators had defeated the S...

After a very relaxing week in Dunedin with our great friends, we moved again. Our drive took us about 5 hours and ended in Akaroa. Its an Peninsula that used to be a vulcano. One side collapsed and the sea made its way to the crater.

Before we get into this leg of the journey, there have been some questions about the Toffee Pops that were mentioned in our previous entry. So, to start off this entry, a photo speaks for itself. Now onto Akaroa - a settlement originally founded by the French in the early 1800s, but the Brits had already taken over the area when the French came...

So last weekend i got a ride with a guy from the tramping club and hooked up at a hostel just outside of Christchurch on the peninsula. The friend I made while working out in central otago at the wwoofing backpackers is now wwoofing at a hostel out near Akaroa. Akaroa is the only place where a small boat load of french arrived, so i got a taste ...

Akaroa is located on the Banks Peninsula and is themed like a small village in France. Those who found it were French. It is really picturesque with restaurants all the way along the waterfront and palm trees on the beaches. The main thing to do in Akaroa is to go and see the Hector Dolphin. This is the smallest and rarest dolphin in the world a...