Grand Colony Island Villas

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... with some of my precious stomach-muesli on the way back through the choppy sea. We also had a little visit to a seal colony in Kaikoura where I was chased by a raging bull. Thankfully I was faster. Next stop was Blenheim in Marlborough, New Zealand's ...

... seals in the waves until one of them got up on its surf board. As with the Kiwi spotting walk earlier in the North Island, our skill at identifying NZ wildlife had gone a little awry. We consoled ourselves with the fact that Great White sharks (who should ...

... going to stop me. Plus at the point, or the beginnng of the track, there's supposed to be this big year-round NZ fur seal colony, and you can get within 10 meters of them. of course i wanted to see them. the brochure says the track takes about 3-3.5 hrs to ...

... type!!! From Rotorua we drove to Hawkes Bay for some well deserved wine tasting. This is the most picturesque part of the North Island and is lovely, hot and sunny. We booked a wine tour and when Grant arrived with his minibus to collect us he ...