Kaikōura is a town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, located on State Highway 1, 180 kilometres north of Christchurch. The town has an estimated permanent resident population of 2,
Town of Kaikōura as seen from the peninsula
The Kaikōura Ranges viewed from a beach
Diving sperm whale near the coast of Kaikōura
A raft of Hutton's shearwaters feeding off the Kaikōura coast
Whale Watch Kaikōura is an ecotourism company based in Kaikōura, a small town on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The company offers marine wildlife tours focussing on sperm whales a
Kaikōura
…for whale watching and swimming with dolphins. Kaikōura receives around 1 million visitors a year. Major ecotourism operators based in the town include Whale Watch Kaikōura and Encounter Kaikōura. The infrastructure of Kaikōura was heavily damaged in the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, with one of the two earthquake fatalities…
Whale watching boat Te Ao Marama
New Whale Watch Kaikōura boats, April 2022
Destination Kaikoura 513966 sperm whale diving
Destination Kaikoura 513963 tiaki 7