Backpacking

New Zealand – Sea kajaking in the Malborough Sounds

The Marlborough Sounds Maritime Park is famous for great hiking tracks as well as stunning kajaking tracks through many lovely fjords. For a change, we decided to explore this region on the water way and rented two sea-kajaks. Sea kajaking with those huge two-person-kajaks is pretty easy (compared white-water kajaking in those tiny kajaks we used with the Uni Canoeing Club in Fulljames). On our way through several fjords of the so called Queen Charlotte Sound we stopped at some lovely beaches for a sun bath and also met some lazy seals laying on the rocks.. Once more we camped overnight and returned on the next day. Not to forget the oncomming wind, that made it really impossible to paddle faster than 2 or 3km/h!