Picton to Lake Tekapo

After taking the ferry from the north island to the South Island we ended up in Picton for the night. The Campervan Park was nice but a little noisy as it was right on the main highway.

The next morning Dean and Judy headed off to Nelson and the west coast on NZ and we headed towards Kaikoura on the east coast. On the way we stopped for a couple hikes and since we were right on the ocean we saw lots of Seals and nursing Pups plus a pod of Dolphins. Kaikoura is also known as a place to see lots of whales.
Kaikoura is a cool little seaside village and we did a long walk along the water front before hitting the road for the day
We made the holiday park reservation while travelling and got the last spot as today was the start of a national holiday. ??????

From Kaikoura we headed towards Rakaia to stay at a river side holiday park.
For the first part we drove along the coast and the scenery was amazing.

Rakaia was another holiday park where we got the last spot. We went for a walk to the river and just about got there before hitting a muddle puddle that was trail wide and you could see where the Quads had chewed if up pretty good. This was definitely a family oriented camping park and lots of activities going on.

From Rakaia we drove to Geraldine on our way to Lake Tekapo. The Geraldine information centre lady was very helpful after getting loaded up with many things to do we arrived in Lake Tekapo. It was another campground that was full, but we had pre booked, so no problems getting a spot over looking the lake.
Lake Tekapo has a great beach walk and pedestrian bridge which makes getting around really easy.