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    Whale Watch Kaikoura

    Whale Watch Kaikoura

    Water ActivitiesKaikoura, Canterbury New Zealand 🇳🇿

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    Whale Watch Kaikoura

    Water ActivitiesKaikoura, Canterbury New Zealand 🇳🇿

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    Anonymous
    Nov 29, 2022
    Positive

    Great Maori company. Nice people and saw a lot of whales. Watch your stomach!

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    Anonymous
    Nov 4, 2020
    Negative

    20.10.2021: Currently no whales arround. Last seeing over one week ago. Went 2 days in a row and after the second tour and asking they told me that.

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    Anonymous
    Jan 30, 2020
    Positive

    Crew with Hadley speaking, excellent experience and very quick to spot a shark and a whale. Informative and fun trip overall - if a little choppy!! Would definitely advise taking sea sickness tablets before you go out even if it looks calm at the shore.

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    Anonymous
    Jan 28, 2020
    Positive

    Unfortunately no whales. (They do offer a partial refund though.) We went early on the 6.45am trip. You may have more luck going later when they locate the wales from earlier trips. Saw lots of albatross though

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    Anonymous
    Jan 15, 2020
    Positive

    Crew where Lucy was speaking, was amazing!!! They all did an icredible work we where able to see many albatross and many dolphins, but from a conscious way as Lucy told us many facts about climate change and why these mervalous animals are endangered. It was first tour in the morning so we didn’t make it for whales, we rescheduled our tour and we saw a wonderful sperm whale! So all in all perfect! Should totally do it!!!??

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    Anonymous
    Jan 4, 2020
    Positive

    Very very cool experience! Lots of dolphins and at least two whales seen ... The gigantic albatrosses were also fascinating! Not the best attraction for sea sick people though ...

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    Anonymous
    Oct 21, 2019
    Positive

    Probably the best thing we have done in New Zealand. Spent the morning watching 5 different humpback whales (and some dolphins)! We're extremely lucky to see 2 of the whales jump clean out of the water twice and display tail slapping behaviour. Excellent tour from a very professional, helpful and informative crew. Totally recommend and would love to do again!

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    Anonymous
    Oct 17, 2019
    Positive

    One of the best experiences on our trip. We saw two humpback whales and dolphins pretty close to the boat. Luckily we opted for the boat tour instead of flight. For the price you really get what you need and the crew was very friendly and competent. Can only recommend it.

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    Anonymous
    Aug 19, 2019
    Positive

    Well worth doing. The staff were very knowledgeable, welcoming and efficient, Lucy made the trip great with her knowledge and wit. The NZMCA discount was very much appreciated. Great afternoon would highly recommend.

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    Anonymous
    Jul 21, 2019
    Positive

    Beautiful boat trip! They showed us two whales and hundreds of dolphins ? funny and knowledgable tour guide

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