Beautiful landscape with easy kayaking. We were well looked after Akaroa Adventure Centre. We took... read more
Beautiful landscape with easy kayaking. We were well looked after Akaroa Adventure Centre. We took... read more
Fantastic kayaking - marvelous sheltered bay, excellent equipment, reasonable pricing, lovely... read more
Me and my partner stayed in Akaroa for couple days and we decided it to give a try for SUP, staff were friendly, helpful and patient, he explained everything to my partner and he stood up on board in 5 mins! what a teacher! We stayed mainly along the main harbour, but on the way to Lighthouse, we have seen about 5 little doplhins! What a nice reward ! Akaroa Harbour has an incredible nice scenery and wildlife!
Hi,
Thank you for your review. Glad you enjoyed your first time on a Stand up Paddle Board. Well and spotting dolphins that's a bonus for sure :)
Akaroa is absolutely beautiful for kayak, me and my partner rented the double kayak for half day and definitely worth it! We saw a large group of the smallest Hector dolphins, they were swimming under our kayak, what a fun!! Also had the opportunity to see seals and various birds. Thank you so much for this adventure!
Hi Petra,
Thanks for your review. Glad you enjoy your kayak trip with us.
Beautiful location, great service and excellent value for money. Thoroughly recommend. Our international students really enjoyed it.
We hired 2 x double kayaks for a 4 hour morning trip. We were reasonable quickly fitted with life jackets and briefed. Expected to cover a considerable distance in 4 hours - at a very leisurely pace, we managed nearly 15 km. Kayaks fitted wit pedal controlled ribbers makes steering a breeze. We found some caves along the northern shore, various seabirds, and the odd penguin. No luck with seals of dolphins that day.
Hi, Thank you for your review. Glad you enjoyed your kayak trip.
We rented a 4 person pedal boat for 30 minutes and the person working was rude to one of the people in our group. I understand balancing weight, but the seats did not accommodate for anyone over a size 10. We had to go back to shore and change seats and it was still horrible. The seats were flimsy and kept coming loose. If your boats cannot handle people of a certain size, just say so. It was really a miserable experience for all of us.
Hello Kit,
We apologize for the bad experience with the pedal boats. That they work properly we need to see that we arrange the people the right way. If people push to much into the seats they sometimes can become loose. The weight should go into the pedals.
Good price to get a kayak and explore ourselves (we opted for the half day since it wasn't much more to pay than for 2 hours). Kayaks and equipment were good quality. However, not sure about the advice/'dolphin whisperer' claim on their website. The guy who set us up with the kayak seemed pretty bored and certainly didn't offer any advice on cool things to look for, even though we were the only customers at that time. We did actually come across 2 dolphins, but this was not thanks to any advice given and I think we just got really lucky. When we came back we were pretty excited about our dolphin sighting, but the guy seemed unimpressed. I know if you do this everyday it probably isn't exciting, but some enthusiasm would have gone a long way.