Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand Travel Blogs

Abel Tasman National Park
Apr 7, 2008 (9 photos)

I wake up and drive to the entrance to Abel Tasman National Park where the kayak tour leaves from.  Our group includes Simon (Austrian), 2 girls Pia and Frauke (German), and our tour guide Jenna (local girl with some killer dread locks).  A water ...

Kay-aaaarrrggghhh-king
Jan 1, 2007 (6 photos)

... first sunrise of the new year or anything fluffy like that, though by chance we did, it was to get the early bus to Abel Tasman National Park to go paddling around in a kayak - right now I think I would have preferred the sunrise. First though we had to ...

The land of a Dutch discoverer
Oct 24, 2008 (6 photos)

... the ferry we were back on the bus from the Picton ferry terminal, via Nelson, to Marahau on the edge of Abel Tasman National Park. This National Park was the 2nd one in the World. Only Yellowstone in the USA was before it. We finally arrived at our digs ...

Coastal Track
Jan 2, 2007 (10 photos)

... some true picture postcard material proving to be just as popular with swimmers as kayakers and reaffirming the diversity of New Zealand's landscape which over the last week has gone from snow capped mountains and glaciers to a stunning coastline and ...

Old Macdonald had a farm.......
Oct 25, 2008 (49 photos)

... Amazing. We jumped up, had some brekky and made ourselves some sarnies for lunch. We then had a 6 hour walk along the Abel Tasman National Park Coastal Track. This is supposed to be one of New Zealand's "Great Walks" and it sure lived up to it's reputation ...

Abel Tasman National Park
Apr 3, 2007

Abel Tasman National Park

Beautiful day, beautiful walk
May 20, 2006 (13 photos)

... home at 3.30 to return to the van where we drove back to Nelson. Part of me wanted to stay and do the whole Abel Tasman walk which takes several days but weather due to break tomorrow. Eventually found somewhere to camp in the dark - could hear water ...

Trekkies
Jul 27, 2009 (11 photos)

... it was a very touristy hike, with lodges and backpackers along the trail. We turned the car around and headed for Abel Tasman National Park, a couple of hours away, and its Coastal Track, one of New Zealand's nine Great Walks. After booking huts along the ...

A Change of Plan
Dec 7, 2004 (9 photos)

... faithful travelogue. I'm sitting on a bench here in the scorching sun at 'Old MacDonalds Farm' - a camping ground in the Abel Tasman National Park. My clothes are in the washer and I've got a couple of hours to kill. It's completely peaceful here with ...

Not having a whale of a time
Mar 31, 2004 (6 photos)

... is up and running. I took the bus today up to Nelson on the South Island's north coast, the gateway to the Abel Tasman National Park. For some reason the bus was full of Israeli backpackers, so I spent the journey hoping that Hamas wasn't in the area. ...

Magnum Force
Oct 30, 2005 (1 photos)

Abel Tasman National Park
Dec 6, 2006 (5 photos)

... all that we needed - internet, camp and supermarket! We used it as our base to explore the nearby Abel Tasman National Park. This is New Zealands smallest national Park, undoubtly one of the most beautiful. We were so surprised, the scenery was exactly ...

Paddling around
Feb 6, 2004 (4 photos)

The Abel Tasman National Park in the north of NZ's South Island is famous for it's spectactular coastal scenery, which can be explored on foot or by kayak. Never one for walking when it's not absolutely necessary, I opted for 2 days bobbing around on the ...

Abel Tasman
Apr 21, 2007 (44 photos)

... decided to make a pit stop at the local grocery store to pick up some much needed supplies and then we were off to Abel Tasman National Park, at the time I thought it was just a beach. After arriving we asked around for tours and hikes since Andrea was in ...

Row, row, row your boat..
Nov 28, 2006 (2 photos)

After our outside showers, I was suitably awake to begin learning about sea kayaking. We drove down to Abel Tasman Kayaks and met our guides for the day Sam and Garrick. The first hour was basically getting to know your kayak. We stored all our equipment ...

The Intercontinentals
Feb 2, 2005 (17 photos)

... JOE!!! Thats right, the Yank and the Pom were back in action. We had decided to meet to take a kayaking trip in Abel Tasman Natnl Park. The weather was glorious, and the water was crystal clear, as you can see. This was definately a highlight of the ...

Kayak
Feb 16, 2009 (8 photos)

16-17-18/02/09: 3 jours de Kayak dans le parc national d'Abel Tasman. Je suis dans un groupe avec 2 Anglais, 2 canadiens et 3 Kiwis (=habitants de NZ). La journée, on pagaye, on bronze sur le sable ultra-doux, on se ballade dans les montagnes... Le ...

Beaches and Bays
Dec 18, 2009 (134 photos)

... national park. In the morning, we hired an Aqua Taxi to take us up the coast and drop us off at a beach in the Abel-Tasman National Park, so we could walk through the park back to where we left our car at the campground. The trail offered some really great ...

Walking in the rain..
Feb 13, 2009 (26 photos)

Done a walk and got wet, didn't really enjoy this one..

Abel Tasman National Park
Oct 29, 2006 (5 photos)

... checked in to our room, together with the other 12 people staying in it, at the Anchorage Bay Hut and cooked dinner on the new stove, ate dinner on the beach, and went to bed, last, at 9pm, having tried to play cards by candlelight but realising that ...

Welcome to paradise...
Feb 4, 2007 (2 photos)

Leute, ich war im Paradies! Ich untertreibe nicht, guckt euch die Fotos an! Dann noch aufm Hausboot uebernachtet - ich bin immernoch ueberwaeltig...

Mon Jan 29: PARADISE FOUND AGAIN
Jan 29, 2007 (8 photos)

... we were fairly whacked out after our two day's hiking with back-packs. Let it not be said that hiking in the Abel Tasman National Park is a walk in the park). We then spent the rest of the afternoon and evening chatting with our fellow hikers, kayakers ...

Abel Tasman National Park
Mar 2, 2008 (24 photos)

... move on. Once Matt and Liz swam back to the shore we hiked back up to the van and headed down the road to Abel Tasman National Park.   We arrived at the Park ready for an adventure! Since Matt and Liz had already hiked a part of the Coastal Track ...

Abel Tasman National Park
Feb 27, 2008 (4 photos)

... an amazing walk, through Forest and across rocks, and then you end up at the drop, which is one of the steepest drops in New Zealand, we then climbed up to the lookout point where you climb across rocks again when you reach the top and you then look out ...

Balloon toes
Jun 6, 2009

Abel Tasman is the country's smallest national park, but also it is the most  "newbie-tramper" friendly. Jay and I really wanted to tackle the park since we had missed out on the Tongariro Crossing earlier in the month and the weather had been ...

A taste of one of the great walks
Sep 29, 2007

... Picton, which is quite a pleasant little town. We didn't stop too long though and headed west as we wanted to see the Abel Tasman National Park. We couldn't make it all the way that evening, but we we arrived in Marahau late this morning. We didn't have ...

Day 47 - Abel Tasman Hiking
Feb 2, 2006 (2 photos)

Jim and I went for a 2 hour return hike to Awaroa inlet within Abel Tasman National Park. It was a coastal track that led us high up, right along the edge of the sea passing Fern trees, palms and lush rainforest. The track emptied out twice to secluded ...

Sun Jan 28: PARADISE FOUND AND PARADISE LOST
Jan 28, 2007 (7 photos)

The following morning we were overjoyed to see perfect blue skies for our Abel Tasman walk. We finally got to use the factor 25 sun-screen that Iona so kindly gave us, and boy did we need it that morning. We set off, heeding no warning from the huge ...

Geburtstag / Birthday
Aug 7, 2006 (5 photos)

... and of course the sun wasn't shinning. Still we planned to enjoy a couple of days there by having a vist to the Abel Tasman National Park for Daniel's birthday. It was raining a bit throughout the day but we still had a great time and lots of laughs ...

Abel Tasman: sea kayaking, sailing and bed bugs!
Mar 12, 2009 (46 photos)

... to the South Island. A long drive through Picton, the Malborough vineyards and Nelson gets us to Marahau, in the Abel Tasman National Park. This Park is stunning: beautiful golden sandy beaches, dense forest and hills... I decide to stay 3 days to chill ...