E-Ko Tours
42 Rankers Reviews
4 Marine Animals
8 Boat Cruises
1 Dolphin Watching
16 Picton / Marlborough Sounds
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Marine Animals
Boat Cruises
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Reviews
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Knowledgeable and enthusiastic guides -
Variety of wildlife sightings
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Relaxed and fun atmosphere
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Great tour experience
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Excellent directions and information
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Weather can affect sightings
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Swimming was incredible!
Paul McDonell -
Thanks Will and Dan!
Lisa Wood -
Guide very enthusiastic, made it fun.
Jackie MacRostie -
We did the Motuara Island eco cruise.
Julie Seakins -
Awesome!
Alex309
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A really great trip.
Andy and Will were brilliant - very enthusiastic and knowledgeable and happy to answer our questions. We saw lots of different sea birds, fur seals and Hector's Dolphins.
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Thanks Will and Dan!
Great duo, sharing lots of information in a relaxed environment. Shame weather wasn't in our favour and no dolphin sigtings (our reason for tour), but saw penguin, sealion and quite a few bird species. Fun boxing day outing.
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Our tour to Motuara island was amazing.
Paul the Skipper was spot on with his directions
and his knowledge of the area was second to none.
If Paul was the conductor then Will was his full orchestra,, very entertaining while still being informative at the same time.
If he’s not the top guide then there’s no man on the moon.
He was A1 quality,, and don’t get me started on his sun glasses.
Brilliant effort all round.
H and Janie.
Mozzies.
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Amazing day on the water!
Saw 2 types of dolphins, blue penguins, seals and heaps of birds. Well worth the money. Staff were friendly and very informative. Loved all the little extras that came with the tour that are not advertised, I wont spill what these are :)
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Nice boat, friendly crew, great knowledge sharing.
Positiv:
Seen loads of Hector dolphins even a new-born playing with its mother. They gave us enought time to enjoy the sighting.
Negativ:
- No dolphins to swim with. And as we heard afterwards they hadn't had dolphins for over a week. This is of course disappointing....but nature.
- Too many people on the boat 18 swimmers alright, but another approx. 10 additional ones for viewing.
- Kids are only allowed to swim once 8 years old. Very disappointing, if you have a 6 year old strong swimmer with various badges..
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Superb tour, we easily found dolphins and were in the water within minutes.
Friendly, knowledgeable and hugely enthusiastic staff who tended to everyones individual needs. A must in Picton!!
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Half day wildlife cruise and nature walk (cruise in Marlborough Sounds plus bush walk on Motuana Island) In one word: excellent!!
We enjoyed the dolphins, seals and many birds and the guide and skipper were excellent.
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Went on the "Marine Wildlife & Motuara Island" tour and it was a lovely afternoon activity !
You get to see some more remote part of the Queen Charlotte Sound and its wildlife ! The Motuara island is also a bird paradise, you see so many of them ! Good times !
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We saw a lot of dolphins among others the rare Hector dolphin and we were in the water with a lot of big dolphins playing around really close to use - nice.
Good information about the dolphins and their environment with focus on behaviour in the dolphin's premises.
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Dolphin swimming and viewing: best experience from New Zealand.
Highly recommend. We swam with many dolphins. Guides took us close to a dolphin pack where we saw within an arms length of 12 dolphins.
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Nice trip, we saw the animal they said we could see, nice guides.
A smaller group would be nice, eg maximum 20.
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A really great trip.
Andy and Will were brilliant - very enthusiastic and knowledgeable and happy to answer our questions. We saw lots of different sea birds, fur seals and Hector's Dolphins.
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Thanks Will and Dan!
Great duo, sharing lots of information in a relaxed environment. Shame weather wasn't in our favour and no dolphin sigtings (our reason for tour), but saw penguin, sealion and quite a few bird species. Fun boxing day outing.
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Our tour to Motuara island was amazing.
Paul the Skipper was spot on with his directions
and his knowledge of the area was second to none.
If Paul was the conductor then Will was his full orchestra,, very entertaining while still being informative at the same time.
If he’s not the top guide then there’s no man on the moon.
He was A1 quality,, and don’t get me started on his sun glasses.
Brilliant effort all round.
H and Janie.
Mozzies.
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Amazing day on the water!
Saw 2 types of dolphins, blue penguins, seals and heaps of birds. Well worth the money. Staff were friendly and very informative. Loved all the little extras that came with the tour that are not advertised, I wont spill what these are :)
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Nice boat, friendly crew, great knowledge sharing.
Positiv:
Seen loads of Hector dolphins even a new-born playing with its mother. They gave us enought time to enjoy the sighting.
Negativ:
- No dolphins to swim with. And as we heard afterwards they hadn't had dolphins for over a week. This is of course disappointing....but nature.
- Too many people on the boat 18 swimmers alright, but another approx. 10 additional ones for viewing.
- Kids are only allowed to swim once 8 years old. Very disappointing, if you have a 6 year old strong swimmer with various badges..
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Nice trip, we saw the animal they said we could see, nice guides.
A smaller group would be nice, eg maximum 20.
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Dolphin swimming and viewing: best experience from New Zealand.
Highly recommend. We swam with many dolphins. Guides took us close to a dolphin pack where we saw within an arms length of 12 dolphins.
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We saw a lot of dolphins among others the rare Hector dolphin and we were in the water with a lot of big dolphins playing around really close to use - nice.
Good information about the dolphins and their environment with focus on behaviour in the dolphin's premises.