Well, this was, I think, the highlight for me. We were blessed with 2 days of good weather.
The Abel Tasman walkway is a great walk.. and thus usually quite crowded. However, we elected to do the Northern Part (from Wainui down to Bark Bay). Red line is where we walked – blue line is the water taxi back.
It’s a stunning part of the coast. For the first day we hardly saw another person and had the beaches entirely to ourselves. Perfect.
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The only problem on the Abel Tasman is timing your walk to the tides. There are two tidal crossings.. this next picture is entirely under water for half the day.
Opting not to carry two nights food (just for the second night) we ate out at the Awaroa lodge for dinner. It was expensive – but quite delicious. After all.. we were on holidays. The walk back through the cold water at night was… invigorating (ok, cold)… beautiful starry night though – there aint no light pollution up there.
So yes.. all in all it was a simply brilliant hike.. well worth getting North of Totaranui if you get the chance.. it’s more hassle to get there – but less people and beautiful beaches.
Oh – I must tell you! we had dinner in The Riverside Cafe before leaving for the Abel Tasman… it’s the best place EVER! Well, one of them anyway. I forget who reccommended it to me – but damn the food was so so SO good – and cheap. We went back for lunch after the walk – and I will make every effort I can to always go there when I am in the area. Really – it’s just the best place.
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