Saturday 9 January 2010

Having a Whale of a time

On our way home we passed through Kaikoura on the East Coast. The Burgons had convinced us that seeing the Whales at close quarters was a must. Incidently the day after we visited we read that they had been voted the Top Sustainable Visitor Attraction in the World. Almost all the staff (except the ship's captain) was Maori and the vessels were state of the art reflecting the grants they had been given to develope the site. Sea sicknes tablets were $2 each but given the forecast of "Severe Seasickness Alert" I decided to invest rather than feed the swell. We got really close to three sperm whales and a colony of fur seals (which belong to the walrus family apparently.)
Although the whales we saw were only half grown they were bigger than the boat we were on so thankfully they were playful rather than taking the hump.

2 comments:

  1. awww Kaikoura is wonderful - had a wonderful trip there once and went whale watching.

    I am reliving happy travels through you guys - thank you, it's great!!!

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  2. I expect the Southern Hemisphere is overdue a vist from you by now. Bookings are still being taken....

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