A load of seals

We left our campsite this morning and headed south for a while to Kaikoura as we had read that you could go on a whale watching tour which you could see, well whales obviously, as well as dolphins and other animals as well. On the way we stopped briefly at a lookout point from where we saw many seals playing really close up this time which was fascinating to stand and watch for a while.

Seals playing on the rocks

We then drove a little further and stopped at a little shack called ‘Nin’s Bin’ which is famous for it’s crayfish/lobster, but at ranging at $45-$96 for just one crayfish tail that would never in a lifetime fill us up we ran away from the tourist trap and continued to Kaikoura.

Chris' tiny trout

As today was in fact a public holiday, but the reason for this we have no idea, the town was crazily busy jam-packed with other tourists, such as ourselves though I suppose we made a quick drive around and called into the booking office for the tours, but at $145pp and all we would be likely to see were sperm whales, and of course that is not guaranteed either we solemnly turned back around, did a little shopping and went back to the campsite we stayed at last night as it was so lovely, and of course free, and even more importantly, on the way back North. Oh yeah, and Chris successfully managed to catch another trout, albeit a small one!

Kaikoura, New Zealand