New Zealand - Kaikoura

We were in Christchurch for 3 days, but we spent one day driving to Kaikoura (150km north of Christchurch) so we could do the Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway, a 3 hour return walk on top of the cliffs beside the ocean. The day was perfect – sunny, but not too hot, and the walk was absolutely stunning. You start with a steep climb up the cliff but are rewarded with amazing views. The walk takes you through farmer's fields, so you have the ocean to one side, and beautiful fields to the other. It was a fairly easy walk, save for the steep bits at the either end. The colour of the ocean was a gorgeous turquoise blue, and I couldn't stop taking photos (big surprise)! We walked to South Bay (the end of the walk) along the top of the cliff/peninsula, and then made our way down to the ocean at South Bay to sit on the beach and enjoy our sandwiches we brought with us. After, we made our way back the same route, but at the Whaler's Lookout, we took the path down towards the water so we could finish the walk along the ocean. There were amazing limestone cliffs and rocks everywhere. The beach was so white because of all the rocks, and the water was so blue...gorgeous! We saw quite a few seals sunning themselves on the rocks, but they didn't seem too concerned with us! We were so close to the end of our walk (almost back at Point Kean), but couldn't finish walking along the beach/rocks because the tide had come in and was blocking our way. So, we made our way up a steep path (luckily
it had some footholes dug into it already) back up to the top of the cliff/peninsula so we could get back on the trail. It was an amazing day of walking and exploring! We highly suggest the Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway if you every find yourself in the Christchurch area.

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