rebekahp3 said... While this was mostly a fun morning out kayaking, I honestly think it would have been better to just hire kayaks by ourselves in the town of Akaroa. There was one other couple on our tour who were French and our French guide continued to speak French with them (even after they said they spoke English and asked their questions to him in English). He did provide some information in English, but also didn't really give us any kayaking tips or advice either. He didn't stay close to us and also took us too shallow so we got stuck in the mud and got himself free easily and left us to figure it out on our own which wasn't fun at all.