Thursday, 11 April 2019

Abel Tasman: A breathtakingly beautiful park on the South Island


This location being first on the list is very appropriate. It qualifies for one of the most beautiful settings we have visited anywhere. New Zealand is home to overly-gorgeous landscapes - like Wales or Scotland on steroids; Abel Tasman was our favourite.

We were visiting our son and his partner who were in Hamilton on a two-year secondment. they travelled with us some of our journey. Here, they went into the park for two days on a sea-kayaking expedition. We took a boat in and walked back (approx 5-6 hrs) along the coast. We were rewarded with clearings, streams, caves and always a pretty view of the sea.

The following day we learned of the Christchurch earthquake which was to drastically change our experience of the rest of our holiday.

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