Abel Tasman National Park

      
















           Last weekend Tyler and I set out on a 32 km hike in Abel Tasman National Park.  We started at the beginning of the track in Marahau, and hiked about 20 km to our first campsite at Medland's Beach.












          Once we were halfway, we were given a choice of high and low tide paths to take.  The low tide path was a much bigger short-cut, so we ended up choosing that one.  When we arrived at the beach we had to wade through waist deep water for half an hour trying to get to the other side of the beach.

After another few km we had to cross this bridge.

          When we booked the $24 campsite I did not realize that meant we would have our own private beach to ourselves.  This was the view from our tent.  We decided to build a small campfire on the beach and share a bottle of wine for a nice relaxing night.

Medland's Beach campsite

          The next day we hiked a little over 12 km from Medland's beach to reach the Awaroa lodge.  By the end of this day I was extremely sore and had blisters on my feet, so we sat down for a nice dinner at the lodge restaurant.  After that we hiked another 2 km and set up our tent at a new campsite.

          The next morning we woke up early to head back to the Awaroa beach so we could catch a water taxi back to Marahau.  On the taxi back we saw jellyfish, stingrays, and seals.  The video Tyler made probably tells a better story.


Abel Tasman Track from Tyler Grubb on Vimeo.

-Megan Waterhouse