Kaikoura & Marlborough
Once we arrived in Kaikoura we had a good (though longer than expected) walk around the headland. The next day was swimming with dolphins, which was a terrifying (for somebody not used to swimming in the open sea, let alone effectively in the middle of a dolphin-motorway!) but brilliant experience. After that it was a drive through the Marlborough vineyards to the ferry at Picton.