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During our boat tour in Kaikora, New Zealand hundreds of dolphins swam around our boat.
Experienced by Pablo Heimplatz
19 km from Kaikoura
During our boat tour in Kaikora, New Zealand hundreds of dolphins swam around our boat.
Experienced by Pablo Heimplatz
19 km from Kaikoura
Great Journeys of New Zealand train trip, Picton to Christchurch.
Experienced by Jadon Calvert
20 km from Kaikoura
Heading home along the coast of the South Island, some surfers from Raglan where sown trying out these breaks and with the early morning sun on the water, too glorious to drive by.
Experienced by Mark Thompson
58 km from Kaikoura
Summit of Mount Isobel in Hanmer Springs (Canterbury), New Zealand.
Experienced by Nick Sarvari
58 km from Kaikoura
Ridgeline on Mount Isobel, Hanmer Springs in New Zealand.
Experienced by Nick Sarvari
62 km from Kaikoura
St James Cycle Trail in Hanmer Springs, New Zealand.
Experienced by Nick Sarvari
62 km from Kaikoura
Suspended Bridge in Hanmer Springs, New Zealand.
Experienced by Nick Sarvari
74 km from Kaikoura
A brown trout caught on fly in New Zealand's Wairau River
Experienced by Rick Wallace
82 km from Kaikoura
Great Journeys of New Zealand, Lake Grassmere Saltworks.
Experienced by Jadon Calvert
114 km from Kaikoura
My style of photography is different. I have combined my love of soft focus, shallow depth of field, the water &the colour blue to come up with this series of photos. This photo was taken waist deep in the water with a wave nearly completely taking out my camera as I held it near the surface. The bigger the risk the better the result.
Experienced by Samara Doole
114 km from Kaikoura
This photo was taken at the beach in my hometown. I love this place for both aesthetic and sentimental reasons. The ocean at sunset is my absolute favourite and this shot is no different. The bokeh is a result of a wave splashing with the glow from the setting sun hitting the surface. Magic.
Experienced by Samara Doole
114 km from Kaikoura
We were driving between Havelock and Nelson on New Zealand’s South Island. A storm was blowing in and I got soaked stopping the car to get a shot of this beautiful boat - couldn’t resist.
Experienced by Ed Maughan
114 km from Kaikoura
We found this free camp site called “Robin Hood Bay” and we thought it had an nice name and why not check it out. The drive there was pretty rough and our old Honda Odyssey was really struggling to get there, as we got up on the next morning we saw we had a flat tire so we were stuck there with no phone signal. We met a couple of german guys who came there too with two cars, one of them was also not running anymore and the other one was an 4x4 Mitsubishi. We stayed in this bay for 4 days before we got our tire fixed and it was an super awesome experience.
Experienced by Jakob König
115 km from Kaikoura
Taken from above a short distance from where I grew up in Nelson, New Zealand. In the distance is the start of the famous ‘Boulder Bank’, the longest of its kind.
Experienced by Rich Hay
115 km from Kaikoura
A view out towards Cable Bay from Glenduan at sunset. The colors aren’t as vivid as I’m facing away from the sun… however I love the soft tones that you can get with this perspective.
Experienced by Rich Hay
118 km from Kaikoura
After a 2hr hike up to a lookout point in Picton, NZ
Experienced by Jeremy Manoto
118 km from Kaikoura
While cruising across New Zealand, the cruise ship made a quiet entrance to the port of Picton, NZ. Along the way, we passed many countryside shacks such as this one.
Experienced by Jeremy Manoto
126 km from Kaikoura
Slightly around the bend from the picturesque Cable Bay, who knows what you’ll find when you venture slightly beyond the main attraction!
Experienced by Rich Hay
145 km from Kaikoura
Went for a walk with some friends along the Southern Coast of Wellington. After attempting one track that didn’t seem to exist anymore and another that led deeper into the hills than we had time for, we ended up walking a little further and longer than planned, but it meant the sun was hitting the hills just right as we were leaving.
Experienced by Nate Watson