Kaikoura Services

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Kaikoura is well equipped when it comes to visitor services. There are many services around the country available to travellers if they need them, such as health services (doctors, emergency rooms, chemists), roadside assistance for breakdowns and vehicle trouble, travel insurance and emergency services. You’ll find essential traveller services such as internet cafés, retail shops, banks, laundromats, postal services, payphones and gas stations in most towns. Information centres are also a valuable service to travellers. Visit these for a wide range of information about the town or city and surrounding region. The staff can also help you with bookings and advice.

Kaikoura: Kaikoura is world-renowned as the whale-watching centre of New Zealand, with tours available both by boat and air to view the giant sperm whales, dolphins, fur seals and royal albatrosses. With wetsuits provided, visitors can swim with pods of dusky dolphins, come face-to-face with fur seals, or scuba dive. On land, activities include 4WD motorbiking, horse trekking, Maori culture tours, skiing at Mount Lyford just one hour away, farm tours, bird watching and cave tours. Of particular note is a survivor of Kaikoura’s whaling days – Fyffe House – built in the 1850s. It is the town’s oldest building and is now owned by the Historic Places Trust. Open five days a week May-October and seven days November-April. It is en route to the seal colony. Local arts and crafts galleries display a high standard of creativity and design by Kaikoura artists.