Kayaking adventures in Abel Tasman

It really is the life of extremes in  New Zealand! Within a 2 hours drive of Nelson lakes after our hike to the Angelus Hut and spending two days up to knees in snow, we now find ourselves wearing shorts and t shirt and slapping on the factor 30 suncream!

It was great to be back in Abel Tasman and we got in to the holiday mode, sipping beers on the deck of the local bar having booked our 2 day Kayak trip.  This would be our last stop in the South Island before we got back on the Interislander and meandered our way North before our flight home from Auckland.

We took at water taxi from Kaiteriteri further up the coast where we were launched on to a beach with our Kayaks. After a safety briefing, we set off and paddled along the coast lines, getting swept up in to remote lagoons and having the lovely company of baby seal pups swimming alongside us.

We stopped along the way at remote sandy islands, enjoying a picnic lunch with the rest of our group, before being left behind at Anchorage bay where Rob and I would spend the night aboard the floating "aqua packers"

We left our kayaks on the beach and played with some baby ducklings whilst we waited for a lift to our floating hotel for the night.

Whilst we were there we bumped in to Casey from Cardrona who was casually walking across the beach! The last time we saw him was on the west coast when the van broke down!

We had a great night with our host Chris who ran the aqua packers, along with Andrea who was a German Graphic Designer and had just spent 4 months in Bali.

It was a perfect end to our time in the South Island, sipping red wine, sharing stories, watching the stars on the deck of the boat.