Sails Motel Kaikoura

... its 3,483 residents is thriving on its booming tourism based around observing its unique marine wildlife. A staggering 1.4 million people visited Kaikoura last year. There is only one whale watch company, they are Maori owned and its a very well oiled ...

... and some cake for the journey.....so generous. When we arrived in Picton, we carried on southward on the East Coast to a Kaikoura, where we stayed in the Albatross Hostel. Once settled in, Kris and I did a 3 hour hike around the peninsula ...