With a 1 pm check-in time for our water taxi to Bay of Many Coves Resort, we had limited time for stops and side trips along the 155 km drive from Kaikoura to Picton. After checking out of our hotel, we were driving north by 9 am. We didn't get very far - maybe 10 …
Home to the main population of sperm whales in New Zealand, a whale watching excursion headlined our short stay in Kaikoura. We arrived a little too early to check in for our Whale Watch trip, so to pass the time we headed down to the beach, equipped with tripods, cameras and 10-stop ND filters to …