Swimming with dolphins!!

On 12th March we nervously set off to swim with dolphins, having read about high seas & almost guaranteed seasickness……and no guarantee of dolphins!!

Squeezed into our wetsuits, we cruised out from Kaikoura (thankfully on a calm sea with glorious sunshine) & came across our first pod in about 20 minutes!
We were told that the dolphins like it when you sing, so Barnaby & I offered them a fabulous rendition of the Rick Astley classic “Never gonna give you up”. They seemed to quite like it, even after the 5th try in the water!

We watched & swam with literally hundreds of beautiful Dusky dolphins & they performed jumps & leaps all around us! It was incredible!

On the way back, we saw some common dolphins, a little pod of Hector’s dolphins (which are tiny & so cute!) and then, to top off what was one of the most amazing things that any of us will EVER experience, 2 Orcas (Killer Whales!) just pottered around by the side of our boat for 10 minutes or so!!

Enough said I think?!!! Xx

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      1. You betcha! That and the trip to Summer bay. I am really enjoying keeping up with your exploits – keep the post coming

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  7. So how are you going to top this then? Zip wire over the Grand Canyon? Escape from Alcatraz? Dinner with Donald Trump?! Simon wearing a Hawaiian hula skirt…?! xxxx

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      1. You are all very brave – I panicked swimming in a lake in Spain when a carp came near, never mind something as large as a dolphin!

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