Kaikoura Travel Blogs

Belinda and I went on the 6:45am whale-watching trip - ugh!  It actually turned out to not be that bad getting up early & getting out there.  It was a GORGEOUS day!  So different than yesterday.  And we had such a great whale-watching trip!!!  We saw one sperm whale and…

We had been planning our summer holiday for some time, carefully slotting it in between my taxi work and the work to come when our taxi driver friend will be in hospital, leaving his taxi in our care. A chance meeting and remark to our neighbours about our departure the following day led to our goi…

After a great breakfast in the restaurant, looking at the views we headed for Hanmer Springs via Lewis Pass. We first went to Greymouth just so that we could see a different part of the road. We reached a place called Maruia Springs at which there was a resort with the hot springs and there was sn…

Whale-watching: fully booked.Swimming with dolphins: fully booked.Kayaking with seals: fully booked.***Despite liberally applying some SPF30 to myself the day before I still managed to get sunburnt across the back of my neck and on my nose, and with there being no point to me heading into the water…

Ik zit nu in de trein op weg naar Kaikoura. Ik hoop walvissen te zien. Vorig jaar in de Azoren had ik pech. Ik had nm. een walvisexcursie geboekt, maar we zagen geen walvissen. Hetzelfde geldt voor mijn reis daarvoor naar IJsland. Ook daar geen walvissen. Je zou zeggen de derde keer zou e…

I had been so excited about whale watching even before we had started travelling as I had heard about Kaikoura and how famous its is for whale watching. We had arrived into Kaikoura last night and had booked the whale watch. We made our way in perfect sunshine to the whale watch station and had a …

Woo, got to finally see whales on this trip. Three sperm whales, got some good shots of their tales, as they dived. Not much other wildlife unfortunately. They saw a blue whale here last May, so shame that didn't turn up today.

I am enjoying a beautiful day at the Arthurs Pass YHA. 737metres above sea level is a good place to be when you are surrounded by snow capped mountains, brightly coloured alpine parrots (keas) and little fat black and yellow birds that are so cute you kinda want to eat them. This morning I went…

Went Whale watching and really enjoyed it. We saw 3 Sperm whales 9the only type really around at this time of year). We saw them on the surface for a few minutes before they dive down giving great view of the tail. On the way back we saw a pod of 2-3 hundred dolphins which was really amazing. They …

From Wellington we took the Interislander ferry across to the south island and continued down the east coast to Kaikoura.  A quaint town, Kaikoura offered gorgeous views of mountains and the Pacific Ocean.Still on the giant marine life theme, Rod and I decided to go whale watching.  Or ra…

Today we were going on a whale watching trip to Kaikoura, we were on a pre-arranged tour so didn't have to do the driving ourselves for a change.  We were picked up from the hotel and the lady driving us kept up a steady stream of conversation giving us information about things that we were pa…

A few cool photos of NZ, enjoy!

Kaikoura is (only) famous for the whale watching and most notably delphin swimming. The second was my first reason to come hear. Unfortunately I had to notice that you should book these trips at least one week in advance. Was disappointed to not see any dolphins in Kaikoura. They said I should try …

Pictures say more than words, so I'll keep it short. In our 6 month of travelling, for the most part New Zealand,i took tons of pictures.In this blog i picked some of them to show my favourite places of my favourite country ;-)...

We had stopped for the night in Geraldine, just south of Christchurch. From there we headed towards Hanmer Springs, some natural hot springs, which have been developed to form a sort of public lido. We spent a couple of hours there enjoying the sunshine and an ice cream before continuing on towards…