Fill up a takeaway rigger or buy bottles of Emporium's tasty brews at this simple taproom. There are also escape rooms (two players $70; book ahead) and an on-site minigolf course (adult/child $10/5). Check out the hole featuring the 'earthquake cows', three bovine locals that were stranded on a tiny 'island' of farmland for three days following the 2016 earthquake.

Search 'earthquake cows New Zealand' on YouTube to check out their scary predicament.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

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1. Kaikōura Museum

0.59 MILES

Housed in a modern building designed to resemble a crayfishing pot, this whizz-bang museum illuminates the region's geology and natural and social…

2. Fyffe House

2.12 MILES

Kaikōura’s oldest surviving building and the last remaining part of the Waiopuka whaling station, Fyffe House's whale-bone foundations were laid in 1844…

3. Point Sheep Shearing Show

2.39 MILES

The 30-minute Point Sheep Shearing Show at the Point B&B is fun and educational. You can feed a ram, and lambs between September and February.

4. Lookout

2.48 MILES

Scenic lookout over South Bay on the Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway.

5. Point Kean Seal Colony

2.76 MILES

New Zealand fur seals can usually be spotted lazing around on the rocks at the end of the peninsula. Give them a wide berth (10m), and never get between…

6. Lookout

2.78 MILES

Scenic lookout over the seal colony at the southern end of the Kaikōura Peninsula.

7. Lookout

2.79 MILES

At the northern entrance to the Kaikōura Peninsula Walkway, overlooking the Point Kean Seal Colony.