After a brief orientation of the Kaikoura townsite on this bright and sunny day, including a walk along the beach, we headed out to the airport to embark on a scenic whale watching flight with Wings over Whales. Our aim was for aerial shots of the mighty sperm whales which inhabit these coastal Pacific waters and stunning views of the coastline and Kaikoura Peninsula. After a briefing session we were on our way!
The whales chose to be elusive today, all but one which stayed on the surface long enough for a few circles overhead before it sunk below and hung just a few metres below the water.
It was soon time to return to the landing strip so left the sperm whale and enjoyed the coastal scenery on our return.
Afterwards we set up for a sunset shot from the look out point overlooking Kaikoura town site, South Bay and the coastline before we turned in for the night!
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