Swimming with the dolphins at Akaroa

Hi all!

I can't believe we've nearly finished our trip to NZ, today is our last day. Tomorrow we're off to the Gold Coast to soak in a bit of sun.

Today we took a small road trip to Akaroa, about 75km from Christchurch nestled in the heart of a volcano. A popular activity in Akaroa is to swim with the rarest and smallest dolphins in the world and we were lucky enough to experience that! too cool for school.
We boarded the ship and it took us about 15 mins to find these wild dolphins, we found about 3 swimming about and we had to make sure they were in a playful mood. They seemed pretty curious so we jumped in the water and had a bit of a play with them. We were supposed to make noises under water to keep them curious so they can stay with us. Things like clicking away with an underwater camera, blowing bubbles, clicking two rocks together. They are not afraid and some were swimming very close brushing themselves against us, though we were not allowed to touch them.

We don't have any photos of the dolphins unfortunately but here's a few with our trendy wet suits.


Wayne & Farrah