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Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
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Phil from
Germany
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linnal from
NZ
Unforgettable experience in New Year’s Day
Santosh Sahu from
NZ
Unforgettable experience in New Year’s Day
Santosh Sahu from
NZ
A must in Kaikōura
David Brown from
United Kingdom
A must in Kaikōura
David Brown from
United Kingdom
A must in Kaikōura
David Brown from
United Kingdom
Amazing
Mikaela Cunningham from
NZ
Whale of a time!🐋🐋
Hubre duToit from
NZ
We saw the whale!
ophirh from
United Kingdom
Great trip
Alison Redman from
NZ
Great trip
Alison Redman from
NZ
Great trip
Alison Redman from
NZ
Breathtaking
CHRISBAN FURTADO from
NZ
Breathtaking
CHRISBAN FURTADO from
NZ
Great experience
Aakash Gupta from
NZ
You name it, we saw it
Joanna Eke from
United Kingdom
You name it, we saw it
Joanna Eke from
United Kingdom
You name it, we saw it
Joanna Eke from
United Kingdom
Amazing!!
Jacqui from
NZ
Amazing!!
Jacqui from
NZ
Great day out
Kylie Morrow from
Australia
Enjoyed every minute
Diana Mayes from
NZ
Enjoyed every minute
Diana Mayes from
NZ
Enjoyed every minute
Diana Mayes from
NZ
Super nice experience
meixing from
Malaysia
Super nice experience
meixing from
Malaysia
Experience incroyable!!
Angélina GUILLAUME from
France
Amazing experience
nickj2 from
NZ
Amazing experience
nickj2 from
NZ
Whale watching
Ulrike Kaltenboeck from
Austria
An awesome experience with the Whales!
stephenw12 from
United Kingdom
An awesome experience with the Whales!
stephenw12 from
United Kingdom
어메이징..
jaehoj from
South Korea
어메이징..
jaehoj from
South Korea
Highly recommend!
Rebecca Prestidge from
NZ
Highly recommend!
Rebecca Prestidge from
NZ
A totally bucket list adventure
Melanie Schnadt from
Germany
A totally bucket list adventure
Melanie Schnadt from
Germany
Whale, bird and dolphin watching
Preetha from
NZ
Whale, bird and dolphin watching
Preetha from
NZ
Close Up Sightings
scottw12 from
United Kingdom
Close Up Sightings
scottw12 from
United Kingdom
Whale watch Kaikōura
ianw8 from
NZ
Whale watch Kaikōura
ianw8 from
NZ
Do it!
Rebecca West from
United Kingdom
Do it!
Rebecca West from
United Kingdom
Amazing
Rhonda McIntyre from
NZ
Over the top....
sebastienl from
France
Over the top....
sebastienl from
France
Ein wunderschönes Erlebnis
amandee from
Germany
Ein wunderschönes Erlebnis
amandee from
Germany
Ein wunderschönes Erlebnis
amandee from
Germany
Best experience ever
sandyw5 from
NZ
Super
Jo from
Germany
Super
Jo from
Germany
Fantastic Experience
Lucy Hunter from
United Kingdom
Mind blowing experience
Rebekah Scott from
NZ
Whale watching
philg3 from
NZ
Magical experience
guillermog2 from
Argentina
Magical experience
guillermog2 from
Argentina
Just great!
Janet tenHoeve from
Netherlands
Great experience
lisbeth from
Denmark
Atemberaubend
Michaela Bott from
Germany
Atemberaubend
Michaela Bott from
Germany
Émotion pure
Patrick Descamps from
France
Amazing Whalewatching trip
creaw1 from
NZ
Amazing Whalewatching trip
creaw1 from
NZ
Holey Moley whale watch!
Patricia Rees from
United Kingdom
One of the best!!!!
carmenl11 from
Australia
One of the best!!!!
carmenl11 from
Australia
Awesome!
Ami Adams from
NZ
Awesome!
Ami Adams from
NZ
Awesome experience
christinep9 from
NZ
Excellent Trip
Tina Morrow from
NZ
Excellent Trip
Tina Morrow from
NZ
A whale of a time.
Gary Wilson from
Australia
Whale Watch
kellyc29 from
NZ
Epic trip
Zak Bogdan from
NZ
Epic trip
Zak Bogdan from
NZ
Epic trip
Zak Bogdan from
NZ
Amazing
Gary Vaughan from
United Kingdom
Amazing family experience!
Coll family from
NZ
Amazing family experience!
Coll family from
NZ
Amazing family experience!
Coll family from
NZ
Mrs
Wendy B from
NZ
Bucket list item!
Emma McKay from
NZ
Bucket list item!
Emma McKay from
NZ
Fantastic
nikik from
NZ
Fantastic
nikik from
NZ
Whale of a time
leeb9 from
NZ
Whale of a time
leeb9 from
NZ
Whale of a time
leeb9 from
NZ
An amazing experience
susiea from
NZ
An amazing experience
susiea from
NZ
Fabulous time whale watching
Lisa DeVries from
NZ
Amazing
kathyt7 from
NZ
Amazing
kathyt7 from
NZ
Amazing trip
Kevin Massey-Borman from
NZ
Amazing trip
Kevin Massey-Borman from
NZ
No whales but dolphins
Marie Howell from
NZ
Wildlife highlight
Daisy from
NZ
Wildlife highlight
Daisy from
NZ
Whale of a time
adamw11 from
NZ
Whale watch kaikoura
Angela Hocking from
NZ
Make sure you tick this off your bucket list
deeu from
NZ
Make sure you tick this off your bucket list
deeu from
NZ
Put this on the list!
kylieh14 from
NZ
Put this on the list!
kylieh14 from
NZ
Put this on the list!
kylieh14 from
NZ
great day
merylj from
NZ
Whale watching
Nicole Blyth from
NZ
I want to go again
Michelle McIntyre from
NZ
Fabulous calm day and we saw the lot
Linda Bragg from
NZ
Fabulous calm day and we saw the lot
Linda Bragg from
NZ
HR 30
Sandra Moonen from
NZ
Good time
Linda Jury from
NZ
Whale watch
stephenb2 from
NZ
Whale watch
stephenb2 from
NZ
Whales in their natural environment
Debra from
NZ
Whales in their natural environment
Debra from
NZ
Fantastic experience!
BRUNO GARCIA from
NZ
Awesome trip
Julie from
NZ
A fantastic experience
Diana from
NZ
Great day out
skiwi from
NZ
Absolutely incredible
Lisa Cooke from
NZ
Absolutely incredible
Lisa Cooke from
NZ
Just great!
Lynne Ford from
NZ
Great Experience!!
kwamem from
NZ
Great Experience!!
kwamem from
NZ
Great Experience!!
kwamem from
NZ
Amazing!!!!
hannahg8 from
United Kingdom
Amazing!!!!
hannahg8 from
United Kingdom
Fab day
Philippa Novell from
NZ
Fab day
Philippa Novell from
NZ
Best day ever
Cushla from
NZ
Best day ever
Cushla from
NZ
Best day ever
Cushla from
NZ
Bucket list ✅
Renee from
NZ
Bucket list ✅
Renee from
NZ
Bucket list ✅
Renee from
NZ
Great thanks
Liz Brown from
NZ
Great thanks
Liz Brown from
NZ
Great thanks
Liz Brown from
NZ
We had a whale of a time!
Eleise Martin from
Australia
We had a whale of a time!
Eleise Martin from
Australia
We had a whale of a time!
Eleise Martin from
Australia
돈도 시간도 좀 아깝습니다
seunghakb from
South Korea
Incredible!
Danielle Simons from
United Kingdom
Incredible!
Danielle Simons from
United Kingdom
Incredible!
Danielle Simons from
United Kingdom
Big Boy doing the fabulous flip before dive in
Shin Yi from
NZ
Lucky Day
eva.dur from
France
Lucky Day
eva.dur from
France
Lucky Day
eva.dur from
France
Great staff
William Eskildsen from
Denmark
Great staff
William Eskildsen from
Denmark
Awsome!!!
Annette from
Netherlands
Great experience
brettk from
Canada
범고래
YERIM from
South Korea
Mind blowing!
Stephen Brady from
United Kingdom
5 star experience
Helen Sayers from
United Kingdom
5 star experience
Helen Sayers from
United Kingdom
Woww~
Ethan from
Malaysia
A brilliant 3 hours!!
Lisa O’Neill from
United Kingdom
Amazing trip
Tracey from
NZ
Amazing trip
Tracey from
NZ
Amazing trip
Tracey from
NZ
Amazing trip
Tracey from
NZ
Amazing trip
Tracey from
NZ
Amazing trip
Tracey from
NZ
Amazing, we saw 6 spermwhales!!!
Natalie Cirillo from
Germany
Amazing, we saw 6 spermwhales!!!
Natalie Cirillo from
Germany
Whalewatching Kaikoura
Andrea Boehm from
Germany
Excellent trip
Amy Weeden from
NZ
outerstanding
zhongqi ni from
China
Just love the whale
Annabelle from
NZ
First tail!
Sharron from
NZ
看见鲸的起跃，只拍到了鲸尾
Guo Li from
China
Brilliant experience
Max from
United Kingdom
Brilliant experience
Max from
United Kingdom
Experience of a lifetime
Karl Stewart from
NZ
Good whale watching
Desiree from
Netherlands
Good whale watching
Desiree from
Netherlands
Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
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joycel16 from Singapore wrote on 26 April 2025
Totally worth it!
It was really exciting to see the dolphins up close and catch a few sightings of 2 kinds of whales! The staff also ensured that everyone was safe and gave us ample of time to watch the dolphins and the whales before we had to move onto the next location. Would recommend this trip!
Angela Hughes from United Kingdom wrote on 19 February 2025
Whale watching
This was the most incredible experience. Highly recommend this trip we saw two sperm whales and tens and hundreds of dolphins as well as sea birds. The crew were absolutely brilliant very informative, friendly and helpful.
aitanaamigo from Spain wrote on 19 October 2023
Would not recommend
Over priced for what it is. I am afraid I cannot recommend this experience. We saw one whale (you basically see the tail for a few seconds and a grey mass on the sea surface prior to that), a few dolphins swimming next to the boat, an albatross and a seal. The rest of the time the boat is moving around very quickly to locate the whale (if there is any). People get super sick. Everyone has taken tablets and still, loads of people get sick so they can’t really enjoy the 2 seconds that the whale’s tail is visible. I would say that when we went almost 50% of people were sick. Crew took care of them and they have even VR devices for people to look at and get better but… it is just too expensive for what it is. We went on a super sunny day and the sea looked ‘calm’ but when the boat starts quickly moving to locate the whale is easy to just get sick. If you go on this, make sure your stomach is super resilient and be prepared for the fact that you might not see much. As I said we only saw one whale and apparently that was a very good day.
Luisa Castañeda from New Zealand wrote on 18 November 2025
Kaikoura whale watching
The full experience was amazing, the knowledge of the guide is huge.
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Mandylee Colvin from New Zealand wrote on 27 June 2025
An EPIC bucketlist day out
Hey guys! We had a blast! Had been on my buckletlist for a long time. Was a beautiful day, we got to see 3 whales including wholey moley twice! We saw some dolphins too. The tour guide inside was very funny and knowledgeable can't remember his name (young, funny, maybe English...) 🤔 Anyway the whole tour was great! I'd highly recommend!