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Monday, 3 February 2025 - Anchoring off the port of Akaroa on this day. We would going many others on a nature cruise of the bay.

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Sunrise as we sail toward the port in Akaroa.
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Towering cliffs as we enter the passage to Akaroa Harbour.
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Clouds began the day with the sun briefly shining on the surrounding mountains.
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Akaroa is known for the Akoroa Head Lighthouse, which we visit once ashore.
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The Seabourn Quest in the Akaroa Harbour.
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A grassy pasture high in surrounding mountains.
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Near the harbor entrance, the cliffs drop right into the sea.
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The water erosion creates interesting caves and overhangs in the cliffs.
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A cave carved by the water.
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Hector's Dolphins swim by the boat. We spent an hour and a half of a two-hour wildlife tour looking at the rare Hector's Dolphins. That was about an hour too long.
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We spend 10 minutes driving by Fur Seals on a set of rocks.

At first this pup slept, then our boat came by...
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The seal popped up to see what all the fuss.
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They have such tiny little ears and a sweet face.
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A little one shaking off after a swim.
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A mother with a weaning calf.
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A little seal pup moving along the rocks away from the boat.
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High on the steep hillside were a few sheep.
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Back on land we walked around Akaroa. This is the door to the Akaroa Head Lighthouse.
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Gardens and a tree on the steep hills of Akaroa.
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Virginia Ann, Cal, and Tricia on their exploration of Akaroa.
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Akaroa Coronation Library named following the coronation of King George in 1911.

Originally built in 1875.
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Books in the Akaroa Coronation Library.
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Beautiful New Zealand Christmas Tree, the Pohutukawa tree.
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The Peninsula War Memorial unveiled in 1923, commemorates the soldiers lost in WWI, WWII, and the South African Wars.
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In the 1830's the French sought to establish a presence on the South Island and began the settlement of Akaroa. The British did not welcome the French influence on the settlement but over a period of years allowed the settlers to stay.
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The hills above Akaroa.
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Akoroa is set on a sheltered harbor overlooked and surrounded by remnants from an eruptive center of the Banks Peninsula Volcano.

From the harbor the mountains rise in all directions, we are in a bowl of a volcano.
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Still leaning French...
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The dramatic cliffs as we leave Akora and reflect on what a charming and picturesque port "ville le Francais".
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