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The coastal town of Kaikoura is halfway between Blenheim and Christchurch. There is great natural beauty in the area, with waves breaking over fur seals on the rocks, on one side and mountains with often snowy tops, on the other.
Kaikoura is the home of the Whale Watch which goes out from South Bay every day to visit the huge whales that swim past Kaikoura regularly. There is also swimming with seals and dolphins to experience in this place of scenic wonders.
There is lots of all kinds of accommodation available within the town and surrounding area, there are also a couple of good wineries to visit.
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Heading into Crayfish country!
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Sep 30, 2007 - Feb 12, 2008
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 I decided to spend the day hiding from the sun. So I put a chair under a tree and read my book - a terrible by-the-numbers cliché ridden crime thriller, but it would do.***To make up for my disapp...
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Whale watch day
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Feb 11, 2006 - Aug 05, 2006
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 short bus ride to where we would catch the boat. We were told about the sea sickness threat due to the swell far out to sea and I overdosed on travel sickness pills just incase! The boats were brand...
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Five days caravaning at Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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Jan 03, 2008
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 going on holiday together. Janice and Jimmy in their brand new luxurious big caravan and us in our much smaller and older model, we set off together for Goose Bay, Kaikoura. The day we left was very ...
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Kaikoura and Arthurs Pass
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Apr 16, 2007 - Aug 03, 2007
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 hiking around the area for about 3 hours, but took it easy since it snowed heavily here yesterday and the roots of a bunch of trees to be covered in ice. So they looked both rainforesty and froze...
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