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We enable you to swim with or watch the incredible acrobatic dusky dolphins of Kaikoura! Here at Encounter Kaikoura we offer you the opportunity to either swim with or to watch the awesome dusky dolphins in their natural habitat of the Kaikoura waters.
Swimming with the dolphins is an open ocean experience and although snorkelling experience is useful, it is not essential. You do need to have some relevant confidence with your own ability in the open ocean. We provide you with a fully bouyant, 5mm thick winter weight wetsuit, snorkel, fins and mask.
We also have spaces on board the same swimming vessel for spectators. Watching the dolphins here in Kaikoura is almost as much fun as swimming with them! They are so interactive with both the swimmers and the boats. We do not entice the dolphins to our boats or swimmers and so it makes a very natural and special encounter and one to remember!
Every Whale Watch tour is a unique experience and the sightings vary. Giant Sperm Whales are the stars of the show and year-round residents. A typical Whale Watch tour may encounter New Zealand Fur Seals, pods of Dusky dolphins and the endangered Wandering Albatross.
Depending on the season you may also see migrating...
Humpback Whales,
Pilot Whales,
Blue Whales
and Southern Right Whales.
Kaikoura often hosts the world's largest dolphin the Orca and is home to the world's smallest and rarest the Hector's. Kaikoura also attracts the largest concentration and variety of seabirds on mainland New Zealand including 13 species of Albatross, 14 varieties of Petrels and 7 types of Shearwater. Flukes Cafe & Wine Bar and Whale Watch Gift Shop onsite.
http://www.whalewatch.co.nz
Join our Half Day Tour - scheduled all year round - departing 9:00am and 1:30pm
Combines laughter, learning and storytelling with hands on activities like weaving and a bushwalk to discover traditional uses of trees and plants as food and medicine.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL - www.maoritours.co.nz Intimate and personal with a maximum of 10 guests per tour.
Larger groups can be catered for by prior arrangement
We won't be beaten on price
Groups up to 8 people
Individual and exclusive charters
Very competitive and affordable rates
All equipment provided
Quality reels well maintained
Purpose built NZ made boat
Impeccable safety record
Catch filleted and bagged
Friendly and knowledgeable crew
All levels of experience welcomed
Fishing within minutes of leaving the shore
Dive charters and Scenic tours available
