Hiking and Kayaking

After the dolphin swimming, we headed further north to Marlborough Sounds where we spent one day hiking and one day kayaking on Queen Charlotte Sound. We got a wonderful sunny day for our hike. We got a boat ride out to the beginning of the track, walked about 4.5 hours, had 5 minutes to down a beer at the lodge before catching the boat back. On the way back, we found some bottlenose dolphins. These guys are soo much bigger than the duskys we swam with! It was a gray, cloudy day for kayaking but still warm. We got fairly close to a couple little blue penguins. I got a free t-shirt from the company cause I helped them brain storm a motto - Marlborough Sounds Adventure Company knows just how you like it - what do ya think? Inspired by our guide Paul's great cup of coffee! I posted an album of my pics, but here's a couple more from Emily...