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Kaikoura Visitor Centre

West End, Kaikoura, New Zealand
+64 3 319 5641
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Ranked #4 of 8 attractions in Kaikoura
Type: Tourist/ Visitor Centres
Most recent review
- 13 Jun 2013
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McHenry, Illinois
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3 reviews 3 reviews
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 June 2013 NEW

The staff was very helpful. Got some nice t-shirts cheaper than elsewhere. Nice and warm on a raw June day.

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Bangkok, Thailand
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6 reviews 6 reviews
4 attraction reviews
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 June 2013

The I Site was very clean and the officers were very friendly. I sit over there and relax with the beautiful mountain and beach. But the toilets outside are a little bit far, un maintained and dirty.

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guernsey
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17 reviews 17 reviews
4 attraction reviews
8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 May 2013

Helpful staff, information on all types of adventures, tours accommodation eateries and travel at hand..nice souvenirs in the shop too..

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Ettalong Beach NSW
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43 reviews 43 reviews
9 attraction reviews
18 helpful votes 18 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 April 2013

A great information centre. They offer not only local info - but information about all parts of New Zealand. And a good selection of tasteful souvenir style clothing. Good Kiwi friendliness is abundant here!

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Gold Coast
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43 reviews 43 reviews
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17 helpful votes 17 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 March 2013

The staff were very helpful with information on Kaikoura or for ever you were travelling. They were great, if there was anything to dislike it was the fact that if you asked them to choose where they would go, they would say that they were not allowed to say. This is fair enough.

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utrecht
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28 reviews 28 reviews
4 attraction reviews
9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 March 2013

the people who work there take their time to advise you and are very helpful and they book you trips if you want to.

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Newcastle, United Kingdom
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39 helpful votes 39 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 March 2013

We hadn't planned on visiting Kaikoura, we were originally supposed to just pass through. However once we saw the seal colonies we pulled into the visitor centre to see whether we could get any closer to the seals. The staff were incredibly friendly and suggested the Peninsula walk which would bring us right into the centre of the colony. She... More

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London, United Kingdom
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 March 2013

Storage facility for luggage and plenty of information about the whale watching from the staff. Well stocked upmarket shop and you could buy and mail postcards/stamps from the centre.

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Napier, New Zealand
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 February 2013

Lots of leaflets for you to browse. We didn't ask the staff questions as they were so busy,everyone had come in from the rain.

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New Plymouth
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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 February 2013

the visiot center looked really lovely with a pretty view. But we found the aount of information the peson who served us was limited to whale watchign and the like. Having already done this, we were interested in walks and other activities. There was little she could add that I had not already picked up from the road map. The... More

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