Kaikura day2

Woke up 3.30am, idk if it was the excitement about the coming encouter with the dolphins or the person in the hostel room snoring like an ox.
Showed up at the headquarter where we got ourselves (we were around 20 prs) equipment and after a short safety brief etc we were in the calm morning sea, in a big boat while the sun was rising behind the mountains that surround the penninslula. In short, it was freaking great already!
After a while we encoutered a flock of dolphins and we dropped in the Pacific water ehhh!
It was amazing, the lovely animals wanted to play with you and the more you play and swam the more they stayed around you. Played for 30 min or so with em and got exausted....Then a seal showed up, an albatros, a friendly (?) shark...wtf!
A trully unique experience that is hard to describe...after everything finished and with a big smille on my face i had a coffee ordered back at the headquarter which happened to be in an awesome location and tried to let the experience sink in.
Went back to the hostel and after a quick lunch i got a rental bike and did a loop around the penninsula. I was expecting some good views but the trail, despite being nice, was just too flat. It was a good ride though to close another unique day!Read more