Sperm Whale

Whales watching and more dolphins

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February 21st 2007
We arrived in Kaikoura on the 21st for 3 days, to go whale watching. Kaikoura is not really a big town and the whale watching is its claim to fame. We stayed at another camping park in Kaikoura, but once we checked in we'd wish we'd gone somewhere else. The campground was really run down and not much effort was put into maintaining it. The garbage was collected and thrown in a trailor right beside ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more