Abel Tasman Trip

Ah I finally managed to visit the Abel Tasman National Park. I wanted to go there ever since my first trip to Nelson back in 2004 but never had the chance but now we finally made it.

We stayed at my friend's girlfriend's batch just in Kiteriteri which is the touristy spot with batches and campervan parks and is pretty close to Motueka, a nice little town. The batch was amazing and on our first day we just went for a small hike in the bush around Kiteriteri and I went on the kayak they had in the batch for a few minutes. We wanted to hire kayakks but they said its only possible to get them in the summer for beginners. Anyway on our second day we decided to walk the track:

So we drove to Marahau (which is the last spot accessible by car) and then walked to Coquille Bay and waited for the water taxi to pick us up. It did and dropped us off at Bark's bay where we then walked all the way back to Marahau. It took us just over 6 hours but it was absolutely amazing scenary. We were a bit unlucky since it was raining for the whole day while it was sunny just the day before (and the day we left agh).

Anyway it was really a beautiful place and I am sure it would be aboslutely amazing in the summer, would definitely like to have a trip just to kayak around the coast there someday.

Check out the pictures.