The next day we were off to Hanmer Springs, a hot springs north of Christchurch about 2 hours. It was fun to sit in a warm pool of water while it rained down on us. The next day we headed to Kiakoura, a small village on the east coast where there are several seal colonies. We saw lots of seals, some you could walk right up to, but as the boys were shopping in the village, one of the shop owners told them of a hike where you could see lots of baby seals. What an amazing find! North of one of the colonies there was a hike up a creek, through rain forest type jungle. There were several baby seals playing in the creek. But when you walk up about ¼ of a kilometer there was a small pool at the base of a waters fall and there were about 50+ baby seals playing in the water.