We decided to leave the city and head for Otago Peninsula. It is about a 45 minute drive over narrow roads to a beautiful but narrow and hilly peninsula. On one side is the harbor for Dunedin and the other side is the Pacific Ocean. It is home to a great variety of wildlife.We stopped at Larnarch Castle, a beautiful mansion built by JWM Larnarch, a very successful merchant and politician, for his first wife on the highest point of Otago Peninsula.   Construct...

The Otago Pennisula is just south of Dunedin and is one of New Zealand’s most renowned ecotourism areas. Our first stop on the Pennisula was to visit Larnarch Castle, the gorgeous home built by a wealthy merchant and politician in 1871. It was interesting to walk through the various gardens surrounding the castle. Next we drove to Sandfly Bay, a very pretty bay where we saw many sea lions. They were not at all afraid of people. Sea lions prefer sandy shores...