I was patient and now Iām happy. When I was in Taiwan in 2006 I went on a whale watch tour for the first time. However, as it was not the right time of the year, we only saw some dolphins back then. So I was quite happy to learn about Kaikoura, a small town on the east coast of New Zealand, where due to the geographic features of the sea bottom male giant sperm whales stay all year round. Coming there a few weeks ago I already tried my luck on a tour, but instead of whales we only saw lots of Albatrosses. With their wingspan up to three meters, they are quite impressive, but not what I came for.
So at the end of my trip around the south island of New Zealand I decided to go back to Kaikoura and try my luck again. Due to the weather the boats where bound to the harbor the first two days, but when it finally got out on a perfect warm and sunny day, I was lucky. On the tour we managed to see five dives of giant sperm whales, a humpback whale, a group of the rather small Hector dolphins and a lonely New Zealand fur seal taking a sun bath on the ocean.
Offtopic: For those of you not so interested in whales, I also learned how to bake bread š