A brilliant 5 days walking 62km in the Abel Tasman National Park. One of NZ's great walks, popular and easy to access. A very well made path - no tree roots to trip over! The track hugs the coast in the sun dappled shade of trees. Beautiful sandy beaches and warm water to swim in all along the route.
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| Beginning the track at MÄrahau |
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| Typical scenery |
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| Ben walking in the shade |
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| Cooling off at The Anchorage |
We camped 4 nights, no rain part from a shower on the last night. Campsites have water, toilets and usually a cooking shelter. A popular route for families and others as there are water taxis in and out from most huts/campsites. So you can get dropped off/picked up and have your luggage forwarded for you (we did it properly of course). You can also kayak most of the route.
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| Shadowman and son |
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| Side trip to this secluded beach |
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| Shadow on the water |
There were a couple of tidal dependent sections but luckily we didn't have to take any of the detours around the estuaries.
The water taxis and kayaks don't reach the final section of the track so it was much quieter on the last couple of days.
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| Detour to Separation Point where we saw a penguin and a fur seal |
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| More gorgeous scenery |
After the final night we took the inland loop over Gibbs Hill back down the track a few miles to catch the water taxi back to the car park.
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| Fern shadow |
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| Pukeko and weka |
The weka hung around the campgrounds ready to run in and steal any food or food package. They wandered around like innocent chickens but would be lightning quick when they spotted something and then leg it into the bush.
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| The joy of it |
Weka on the scrounge
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