Ross-Lori

Kaikoura and the Rangitata River

Posted by Ross-Lori | 31st October 2009

We both completely fell for Kaikoura - a coastal town just north of Christchurch which is teeming with marine life. A deep drop in the ocean floor unusually close to the shore brings amazing sea mammals like sperm whales, killer whales and huge pods of up to a thousand dolphins to the area.

On our first day we took a walk on the outskirts of town and stumbled across a family of seals and their pups playing in a waterfall. We watched as they splashed around completely oblivious to us being there.

We also took a boat trip out to see the dusky dolphins and found a pod of about 300 just ten minutes from the beach. They seemed to love catching a free ride on the waves in front of the boat and played around with people who got into the sea to swim.

We couldn't face getting in the freezing water, but found it just as entertaining watching the swimmers make wei

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