Kaikoura Travel Tips


Insider advice for your Kaikoura vacation

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travelkevin
Globetrotter
Dec 20, 2007
Whale Watching: Fly or Sail? 4 stars
Travel Tip: Kaikoura

Kaikoura on the east coast of New Zealand’s South island is famous for the opportunity it presents to experience whales up close. Whale watching is a major tourist business in town and the two main ways to experience the gentle giants (other than standing on the beach with some binoculars) is... [more]

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Timsaunders
Globetrotter
Dec 10, 2007
Day 10 - There She Blows! 5 stars
Kaikoura Chapter of Travel Blog: The Perfect Month - Touring New Zealand

The drive from Picton to Kaikoura was amazing, and took me through a plethora of diferent sub-climates. The almost desert-like wine lands of Blenheim were replaced by a spectacular coast where waves crashed on one side of the road, and massive mountains loomed up on the other. Penguins dived in... [more]

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Timsaunders
Globetrotter
Nov 12, 2007
Diving in Kaikoura 5 stars
Travel Tip: Kaikoura

Kaikoura, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, is an idyllic spot - lazy, sunny, gloriously glorious in every way a glorious place can possibly be glorious. And it is a very good place to go diving, especially if you like diving amongst sea mammals. It is also the best place in... [more]

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Timsaunders
Globetrotter
Sep 5, 2007
The Taniwha And The Traveler 5 stars
Travel Tip: Wellington Harbour

The sky was lit up blood red on the horizon, dripping its last rays over the hills and plains, the mountains and farms. I huddled closer into my black goosedown jacket, burying my ears as far as... [more]

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Timsaunders
Globetrotter
Aug 24, 2007
Danger Danger Danger! Cute Animals Ahead! 5 stars
Travel Tip: Kaikoura

It really did look cute, laid out in the warm Spring sun, its eyes shut with pleasure. The pebbles on the beach crunched as it stretched occasionally, screwing up its face so that its whiskers made moist little patterns on the rock it used as a pillow. Every so often this lazy example of the... [more]

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Timsaunders
Globetrotter
Aug 20, 2007
Dolphin Swimming, Kaikoura 5 stars
Travel Tip: Dolphin Encounters

This took my breath away. If you had the choice of only one activity you could do in New Zealand, this would be the thing you will remember for the rest of your life. Swimming with over 200... [more]

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Timsaunders
Globetrotter
Aug 20, 2007
Whale Watching, Kaikoura 5 stars
Travel Tip: Kaikoura

I don't normally get sea sick. In fact, I have always prided myself that waves don't affect me - I come from a background of sea captains, blue water is in my blood.
So to find myself wanting to revisit my delicious breakfast just off the coast of the South Island of New Zealand was a bit...
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