点评:Had a wonderful time, only small thing was the sun didn't shine so didn't see much of the beautiful green sea, but it was still very beautiful. Darren was a great guide/host/Skipper. He showed us seals, including baby seals, numerous birds, including a blue penguin, three Island, several beaches, with tea on one beach and lunch on another. He taught us about the Maori, early explorers, current and recent events in the area, invasive species, protection efforts, etc. It was a very enjoyable day, interesting, gorgeous, and just plain fun. Initially, we were just going to water taxi in, hike for a stretch and then taxi back. I feel we saw and learned about much more doing the eco tour. The company is carbon negative as they plant trees in the off season. We were the only two people who showed up this past Monday and they still ran the tour. I saw other, larger tour groups and felt we were getting treated much better, with much more personal attention, having such a small group. Darren is very experienced on the ocean and is a member of the local cost guard. He's been out in 4 meter waves on rescues.
I felt very safe in his boat. I'm very glad we did it and will remember this as one of the true highlights of our three week trip to New Zealand. Jim B, USA.
翻译:玩得很开心,唯一的小问题是太阳没有照耀,所以看不到太多美丽的绿色海洋,但它仍然非常美丽。达伦是一位很棒的导游/主人/船长。他向我们展示了海豹,包括小海豹、许多鸟类,包括一只蓝企鹅、三个岛屿、几个海滩,在一个海滩上喝茶,在另一个海滩上吃午餐。他向我们介绍了毛利人、早期探险家、该地区的当前和近期事件、入侵物种、保护工作等。这是非常愉快的一天,有趣、美丽,而且非常有趣。起初,我们只是乘坐水上出租车进去,徒步一段时间,然后乘出租车回来。我觉得我们在生态旅游中看到和学到了很多东西。该公司是碳负性的,因为他们在淡季植树。我们是上周一唯一出现的两个人,他们仍然组织旅游。我看到了其他更大的旅游团,感觉我们得到了更好的待遇,得到了更多的个人关注,因为这个团很小。达伦对海洋很有经验,是当地海岸警卫队的成员。他曾在 4 米高的海浪中执行救援任务。
我在他的船上感到非常安全。我很高兴我们做到了,并会记住这是我们三周新西兰之旅的真正亮点之一。吉姆 B,美国。