Fifteen year old Christchurch Avonside High School student Aescleah Hawkins has an unusual resolution for 2010 – this year, she has pledged to help stop the extinction of New Zealand’s endangered Hector’s dolphins. It’s an apt resolution for the new decade: the UN has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity, officially launching in Berlin […]
Just before Christmas we were lucky enough to be visited by a friendly pod of Orca in Akaroa Harbour. Around 8 of these impressive marine mammals spent time with our vessels and the one pictured below actually nudged one of our ’swimming with dolphins’ boats giving those on board a real thrill.
The Hector’s dolphin is as Kiwi as the Kiwi and a Canterbury Cruise and Wildlife company says it is fantastic news to see Hector’s dolphins named in a drive to promote wildlife tourism and conservation In New Zealand. The ‘Big Five’ concept is used by big-game hunters in Africa to refer to the five most […]
Two purpose built boats worth $350,000 are being launched in Akaroa by Black Cat Cruises on Friday 17 October. “Dolphin swimming and wildlife cruises bring thousands of visitors into our region every year,” Black Cat Cruises Managing Director Paul Bingham said. “It is vital we can provide a world class experience that matches, and hopefully […]
A Korean fisherman who fell overboard in Lyttelton Harbour this morning owes his life to the crew of a tugboat and the skipper of the Black Cat Cruises Diamond Harbour ferry. The man was thought to have fallen off the trawler at about 6am on Thursday morning and was spotted by the crew of the […]
The image of James Bond stepping out of a wet suit with a dry tuxedo underneath becomes a reality for Akaroa dolphin swimming operator Black Cat Cruises from 22 July this year. The company is introducing a world first dolphin swimming experience – the use of dry suits which are also used by New Zealand […]
New technology paint being applied to vessels operated by Black Cat Cruises will result in huge savings on fuel costs and is better for the environment. “We are replacing our existing traditional paint with new intersleek 970 antifoul paint on two of our vessels that operate in Akaroa,” Black Cat Cruises Managing Director Paul Bingham […]
Real Journeys Ltd. has bought into Canterbury based Black Cat Cruises in a move both company’s say is a vote of confidence in the tourism industry in the Canterbury region. The new joint venture company will be 50 percent owned by Real Journeys with Black Cat Cruises retaining half the business. Its present Managing Director […]
Black Cat Group has purchased Akaroa dolphin swimming operator Dolphin Experience in a move the company says is a refection of its confidence in the future of Canterbury and Banks Peninsula tourism. “We started 22 years ago with one boat and now we have the largest tourist fleet in Canterbury with nine vessels,” Black Cat […]