Full-Day Anakiwa Sea Kayaking Adventure

Embark on a full-day guided sea kayaking trip from Anakiwa and discover secluded beaches, pristine native bush, and enjoy a delicious homemade picnic lunch. Don’t paddle the same coast twice!

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sea Kayak Adventures - The day starts with a safety briefing and getting kitted up before heading down to the beach. Listen to a quick paddling introduction and then head out onto the water for the rest of the tour. The route is always flexible so the tour goes where the weather is best.
    Depending on how the group decides, there may be a chance to…
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Lunch
What's Not Included
  • Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information

This full-day sea kayaking trip provides the opportunity to explore more of the Sounds’ secluded beaches and paddle beneath pristine native bush. Your guide will find one of the many beautiful beaches to stop for a delicious homemade picnic lunch. Returning to Anakiwa your guide will do their best to take you a different way home so you never have to…

Location
Sea Kayak Adventures
Anakiwa Road
If you are travelling form Havelock, we are 15 minutes from the Queen Charlotte Drive turn off. We are a big green farm shed on the Corner of Anakiwa Road and Queen Charlotte Drive. If travelling from Picton, get onto the Queen Charlotte Drive and follow it for 30 minutes.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Donnap2738
Feb 17, 2024
A day to remember - We had an amazing day - there was two couples in two kayaks with our guide Aaron. He guided us along the coastline and into picturesque bays to ensure the journey was not too strenuous. Aaron was very knowledgeable about the history of the area. He talked about the conservation of the area, the forest regeneration, fish and the bird life. He gave us good recommendations for our next days walk on the Queen Charlotte Track. I thoroughly would recommend this excursion for all.
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A1622jasarahf
Jan 21, 2024
Amazing experience on the water, lots of wildlife and beautiful views - Amazing day out on the water. From booking to the end the team made the process so easy. Our guide Morgan was absolutely great, she was super knowledgeable about the local area, histories and wildlife so we learned a lot at the same time. The sound is beautiful, we saw seals, plenty of birds, lots of stingrays, overall a wonderful day, highly recommend!! (Also the home baked muffins at lunch were amazing)
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Fibsi02
Dec 7, 2023
Great full day kayak tour for our family - We did a full day kayak tour with our children age 14 and 11. We had no experience at all but that didn‘t matter. We got a very good instruction in the beginning and then headed out to the sounds. The tour was fantastic! Our tour guide gave us lots of information and explanation about the wildlife, native plants and the maori culture and showed us where we could spot animals. And the lunch was yummy, too! :-) We fully enjoyed the tour and can recommend it to everyone and also especially to families.
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Tessar390
Feb 2, 2023
Amazing & hassle free experience from start to finish! - From start to finish Aaron was super accomodating and delightful to deal with; managing to squeeze us in to a 3 day tour with less than 2 weeks notice during their “silly season” no less! The whole experience was extremely seamless with Aaron personally there to greet us, answer any questions and ensure we were safely on our way - both at outset in Picton and upon finishing in Anikiwa at the end of day 3. Jake our kayak guide was extremely knowledgeable and had great chat!
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248lizzieg
Jan 21, 2023
Outstanding - The team were incredible and planned everything for us from transfers to accommodation on the Queen Charlotte. Aaron was super helpful every step of the way. He clearly knew his stuff and sorted it all perfectly. Our guide on the kayak Jake was great and we had an excellent day on the kayaks. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend or use again.
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Golfers2016
Mar 31, 2022
Fantastic day. A Must Do Trip - What a great day. The water was like a mirror. The sun was shining. We were treated to stingray, seals, Shags and Hector dolphin. Who could ask for more. Aaron was a brilliant guide very informative. So lovely and peaceful paddling around the bays. Even had the weka come to try steal lunch. Such a cool bird. I highly recommend doing this trip.
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Sherie
Feb 12, 2022
Amazing experience - Awesome experience. Our group not very fit and still managed 3 days kayaking. Aaron the owner was very helpful and friendly. Our guide Lea was an amazing person. She looked after us very well. Totally recommend.
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Malila_ch
Feb 6, 2022
An epic day! - The team were super friendly and happy to altar the course as we were camping at Mistletoe Bay. My friend and I had an epic day and it’s one we definitely won’t forget!
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Incrediblesfamily
Dec 31, 2020
Tick that off the bucket list - What a awesome experience. We live kayaking and the marlborough sounds has long been on our bucket list and we were not disappointed. Our guide was knowledgeable, friendly and helpful . We saw birdlife, Rays, fish, jellyfish. Was just magic. Catered for all levels. This is a must do if you make your way down here.
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Lydiae549
Oct 28, 2020
Awesome day on the sounds - What a day! We experienced the sounds from a totally new perspective and learnt loads from our awesome guide Shaun, who told us about the wildlife, indigenous flora, Maori culture and history and more. We felt totally safe the whole time and went way further than we would have independently (around 20kms in total). Plus we were given a tasty lunch and hot cup of tea to warm up half way through! Id recommend it to anyone wanting a cool day out doing something a bit different.
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