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February 18-19, 2015

Kaikoura is a coastal town known for its seal colony and lots of opportunities for whale and dolphin watching. We passed on paying and arm and a leg for the whales and dolphins (been there, done that) but we did take a peek at the seal “colony.”

Drive from Blenheim to Kaikoura

Road Trip Journal – February 18, 2015 (Blenheim to Kaikora)

  • Pitstop at The Store, cafe with wonderful atmosphere and setting on the beach
  • Peketa Beach Holiday Park – $55/night, tent site right on the beach. mini-golf $3/person. No dishes in kitchen. Kids school camping trip 9-10 yr olds. Met Lukas from Czech.
Between Blenheim and Kaikoura we made a pitstop at The Store, which is a cafe all alone in a great location
The beach just steps from our campsite

Road Trip Journal – February 19, 2015 (Kaikora)

  • Drove to Kaikoura. Parked at end of peninsula
  • Point Kean Seal Colony – FREE. Low tide, lots of rocks to walk out on tide pools. Just a few seals up close. Some more further out. T/Boys walked pretty far out. D walked up to the lookout
  • Parked in town center for a picnic lunch
  • Drove out to the end of South Bay. The othe rend of the Kaikoura Peninsula walkway.
  • Back to camp, boys played on the flying fox & worked on Pigi. 
  • Chili for dinner
  • Watched kids do “Fear Factor”
We spent the afternoon walking around Point Kean hoping for a glimpse of the seal colony
The boys were good sports
We were there at low tide, so the seals were not easily accessible. The guys walked all the way out and saw quite a few.
Close in, this guyswas the main attraction
Lunch in Kaikoura
We drove around to the other side of the peninsula to check out the views there
Back at the camp the fog was rolling in
The Gresham men rocking the computer room at the holiday park

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