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Kaikoura Region

Squeezed between two giants, a dramatic point where the Southern Alps and Pacific Ocean meet.

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Albatross Encounter Kaikoura

Albatross Encounter Kaikoura

Get up close and personal to the largest wingspan in the world!

98%

18 Reviews

7 Face-to-Face

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Seal Swim Kaikoura

Seal Swim Kaikoura

Swim with wild New Zealand fur seals in the shallow bays of the beautiful Kaikoura Peninsula. This is an experience you do not want to miss! No...

97%

54 Reviews

35 Face-to-Face

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Dive Kaikoura

Dive Kaikoura

96%

4 Reviews

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Maori Tours Kaikoura

Maori Tours Kaikoura

95%

47 Reviews

7 Face-to-Face

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Avoid Camping Fines!

Each camping location is approved by a regional council in NZ. So if it shows on the map, you’re allowed to stay.

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Amazing rock formations on the peninsula

Kaikoura Peninsula Carpark Seal Watching

Kaikoura Peninsula Carpark Seal Watching

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  • Free access/participation

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Free access/participation

Free access/participation

The experience costs no money to access or take part in.
94%

42 Reviews

35 Face-to-Face

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Dolphin Encounter Kaikoura

Dolphin Encounter Kaikoura

Swim with and watch wild dolphins in Kaikoura

90%

254 Reviews

210 Face-to-Face

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Mount / Mt Lyford Horse Treks

Mount / Mt Lyford Horse Treks

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2 Reviews

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Sunbathing seal at Ohau Point

Ohau Point Seal Colony

Off SH1 - Nth of Kaikoura

Ohau Point Seal Colony

Off SH1 - Nth of Kaikoura

Watch NZ Fur Seals play - right next to State Highway 1.

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  • Free access/participation

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Free access/participation

Free access/participation

The experience costs no money to access or take part in.
89%

90 Reviews

81 Face-to-Face

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Camping NZ App

Every camping site on your iPhone™, iPad™ or Android™ phone or tablet. Avoid camping penalties using this council approved app. Featuring offline maps.

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Wings Over Whales

Wings Over Whales

88%

34 Reviews

24 Face-to-Face

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Kaikoura i-SITE

Kaikoura i-SITE Visitor Information Centre

Kaikoura i-SITE Visitor Information Centre

The Kaikoura i-SITE knows all the best things to do, places to stay and ways to get there plus we’ll take care of the bookings.

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  • Free access/participation

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Free access/participation

Free access/participation

The experience costs no money to access or take part in.
86%

55 Reviews

51 Face-to-Face

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Kaikoura Helicopters World of Whales

Kaikoura Helicopters World of Whales

83%

12 Reviews

12 Face-to-Face

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Paikea & whale

Whale Watch Kaikoura

Whale Watch Kaikoura

Whale Watch is a multiple national and international award winning New Zealand nature-based Tourism Company owned and operated by the indigenous Ngāti Kuri people of Kaikōura, a Māori sub-tribe of the South Island's larger Ngāi Tahu Tribe.

81%

674 Reviews

605 Face-to-Face

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Cymen Crick

New Zealand

If you like crayfish then Nin's Bin is well worth stopping for. Located within a seaside caravan, on the roadside of SH1, overlooking the Pacific ocean. Super fresh and the prices are much cheaper than in town.

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Kaikoura Farmers Market

Kaikoura Farmers Market

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  • 60%+ locally sourced

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60%+ locally sourced

More than 60% of food and drink is locally sourced or produced.
75%

1 Review

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Kaikoura Museum

Kaikoura Museum

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3 Reviews

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Mount / Mt Sandford Farm Stay & Random Rides

Mount / Mt Sandford Farm Stay & Random Rides

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Kaikoura Night Sky

Kaikoura Night Sky

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