We really enjoyed our sea kayak tour (11.30 tour). Our guide, Lee, was knowledgeable, experienced, and safe, but also fun and unobtrusive. As novices in our 50's and 60's we felt very comfortable being out on the water with Lee.

Sean and Lucia the guides were fantastic. Knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. Paddle was pretty easy as we kept mostly close to shore and conditions were pretty good. Life jackets and kayaks looked a little worn but everything worked and were comfortable. Originally booked for the more expensive sunrise paddle but offered afternoon tour due to weather. Still waiting for reply or refund for difference, communication gone silent so…🙅‍♀️

An amazing trip my first time in a a kayak and our guide Lucia was patient and knowledgeable. I loved it, would highly recommend. A great way to spend and afternoon in Akaroa

Had a fantastic time on my tour of Akaroa Harbour and was so excited to see the Hector's dolphins! My guide Jon was incredibly knowledgeable about the local area including the history, both Maori and European, and the plants and animals. He kept up morale during some very windy paddling as well. Thanks for a memorable afternoon!

Enjoyable experience for two totally novice sea kayakers.... Our guide Lee was excellent , thanks for keeping an eye on everyone Lee.

A must do in Akaroa! Our guide, John, was super helpful and made the trip one to remember. Make sure to bring a big bottle of water.

Great experience. Super easy to deal with over booking. Greville was a great mixture of expert guide and lively company. The bikes were excellent and the views spectacular! Highly recommended.

Today on Akaroa waters was a fabulous experience with guide John. He got us on to the water with a minimum of fuss. The weather (high tide, low wind, moderate temperature) was in our favour. With informative commentary, He took us to the sea mouth of the bay via sea cave and an “escort “ from some playful and rare (for the planet) Hector dolphins. Brilliant !!

The guided tour was great fun. John our guide put us at ease straight away. Saw numerous sea birds but the icing on the cake, the hector dolphins. Would highly recommend, a great way to spend the morning.

Lee & Jon, our two guides from Akaroa Sea Kayaking, (Jan 13th 2024) are outstanding! They are extremely friendly, fun and just wonderful people, and a real pleasure to meet and kayak with! Thankyou Allie for your amazing communication!

Our guides John and Lee made the event fun and interesting with their humour, local knowledge and general banter, particularly for a novice kayaker. Paddling into the head wind was a great challenge; however, we were congratulated on our efforts by Lee and John who were both encouraging and reassuring. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this event, despite the fact that the dolphins 🐬 weren’t playing the game.

Kayaking with John and Lee was absolutely great. They can inform us about all what we saw. We saw a lot of animals - seal, dolphins, birds. We also got into the cave during our kayaking. Many thanks for adventure!

Our guide Lucia, in addition to her excellent skills on guiding us in this experience, she’s also loved by the Hector dolphins! 😄 We had a lovely, relaxed and pleasant morning and Lucia was also making sure that we were safe while paddling. Great experience and a wonderful start of the new year! Thank you 🙏

The trip was very fun! Lee and Lucia were great guides and made the kayaking very easy and enjoyable. Akaroa is a really cool place to visit, but a visit isn’t complete without seeing the sea life up close. Plus it’s nice to be on the cool water during a hot day.

We had a very nice paddle on a sunny day! It was windy which limited our trip, and there were a lot of other boats/jet skis on the water. We didn’t see any dolphins/penguins/seals. Overall our guide was friendly and the boats/gear great. It is less of a wildlife tour than I would have expected based on the reviews, but that might have just been the conditions of our day. If you want to see the penguins it does look like there are other tours that likely have a higher chance of seeing them.