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Takaka Slideshow
Takaka
Travel Blogs from Takaka, New Zealand
The Abel Tasam National Park
This is a top pick! I don't known what it is about buses but it seems that every time I get on one I fall asleep. It almost seems rude; I miss all of the stunning scenery, which really annoys me. This is what happened again on the way to Marahau. Marahau is on the edge of ...
Takaka Citizens Band
This is a top pick! Day out w Jo Jewelry Cave we couldn't find Beach - walk thrus windy Rosy Glow (owner Mary, wanted to name her daughter Rosy Glow,now Miriam runs Nelson shop) Wholemeal cafe for a hot drink & look over photos Off to band (own band room, est 1881) 1 ...
Country market to folk trio
This is a top pick! ... possible moment. On arrival at the top of the hill the views of the bay and Farewell Spit were stunning. The town of Takaka stretched out below, with vividly coloured hills in the background. It was good to see Joanna again, and finally visit the ...
Abel Tasman National Park to Takaka - Day 275
This is a top pick! ... , that's 6 months average rainfall in the UK falling on one day! Extreme weather or what! I turned back to the town of Takaka only around 15km back from where I came. The conditions were rapidly deteriorating, the waters were rising high, so I was glad to ...
Is that really the sun?
This is a top pick! ... , then come here for holiday/to live/etc. I've seen loads, thought I would get bored and then I see something else, and think "New Zealand rules" The ferry over was at 1:30am and I ended up sleeping under some tables in a dining area,as all of the ...
Abel Tasman National Park via Nelson - Day 274
This is a top pick! ... and continue along the coast to Abel Tasman national park. I followed the winding coastal road through the towns of Motueka and Takaka stopping off at a few lookouts along the way, where most of the views were obscured by thick cloud. Headed into the ...
Golden Bay and Our Own Private Beach
This is a top pick! This day we decided to leave and not go kayaking partly because it's very expensive and partly because our legs were a bit tired from the day before and we didn't want to make our ENTIRE bodies hurt. So we went and picked up some groceries and then ...
Abel Tasman National Park
This is a top pick! ... are!!) and leave my job (dirty boys - you know who you are!!) but we were also looking forward to moving on and seeing new places and summer was finally on its way! So on Friday 3rd December we left Wellington and caught the ferry down to Picton in ...
The Shambhala
This is a top pick! ... snake back down in a low gear, all the way down the other side and into the village itself. The map's ridiculously deceptive here. Takaka could only be a fingernail away from Motueka and Nelson yet it soaks up a good hour and half out of your day. The ...
WWOOFing in Golden Bay
This is a top pick! ... stay in this beautiful region of the South Island. The project is to set up a fully sustainable retreat up in the hills above Takaka, in a place called Birds Clearing. I'm really impressed with the work done so far and am keen to lend a hand while I'm ...
A Tour of the South
This is a top pick! ... - a weird Samoan drink made of herbs. It makes your tongue go all tingly! After this it was out to Mosgiel to see Ryan and Nicola's new house and puppy Maddy. We headed out for a few drinks at the pub. It was great to catch up with them, but sadly the ...
Abel Tasman
This is a top pick! Two days kayaking and tramping...in great weather?! Camped right on the beach...stunning. Can't recommend this highly enough. Got up at the crack of dawn and drove west from Nelson to the gateway to Abel Tasman National park. Checked in with our ...
Paradise on Earth
This is a top pick! ... for 2 days, and then walked back out along the ridge tops for 2 days. We stayed in the trampers huts along the way, and I have a new record for non-hair washing of 4 days straight. Actually got to quite like the feel of the grease plastered to my head! ...
Abel Tasman National Park
This is a top pick! We're on our way to explore New Zealand's South Island. We catch an early morning ferry from Wellington and as we leave the harbour, we are afforded great views of the city. Amazing scenery also awaits us, as we cruise through Malbourough sounds and ...
Abel Tasman National Park
This is a top pick! In the morning we drove from Motueka to Marahu, where the Abel Tasman National Park Coastal Track starts. The full walk takes about 3/4 days and is one of the easier multi-day walks in NZ. We only had a few hours so we walked to Stillwell Bay, which took ...
Golden Bay
This is a top pick! ... but where exactly on the bay "there" is we were not sure! Before we could get there we had to cross the infamous Takaka Hill, apparently one of the most feared roads in NZ. We survived the journey despite the worst possible conditions - pitch darkness as ...
Swimming with the Stingrays
This is a top pick! So, otherwise, I had a really good time in the Golden Bay area. I went to a drumming lesson which was really loud and quite cool. We learned some haitian beats as well as some African rhythm. The room was all girls save for one brave lad from Japan. The ...
Attack of the Bed Bugs
This is a top pick! Argh! So after reaching record levels of relaxation, it had to come to an end somewhere. And it did...in my BED! Mirium and I woke one night after hearing some strange noises then looked down to see the little critters, big and small scurrying around the ...
Marahau and the Able Tasman
... the same woman, she was the first one to pick me up and also the last one to drop me off. The Able Tasman is one of New Zealand's most famous hikes, or tramps as they're known here. I saw a book the other day called New Zealands Best 100 Tramps. I ...
Day 44 Takaka
... cooked breakfasts were delicious. On the way to Golden Bay we had decided to stop of in Abel Tasman's National Park to visit New Zealand's greatest vertical drop. We drove along a very bumpy and stoney roads passing fields that were used in the filming of ...
Takaka's activity packed day!
... ! Was sooo nice! :P Not quite the same thing as a tshirt but thought id share that anyway! About 5pm i set off from Takaka and drove to a forest carpark i think it was Richmond or something to that effect.. camped there anyway for the night! All ...
Abel Tasman Park and Hike
We went to Abel Tasman Park via bus and a boat ride in. We then walked about 15km alonag a beautiful path that allowed us to see the coast about half of the time. We are going back deeper in the park on the 22nd and taking two boat rides to ...
Relaxing in Golden Bay and Nelson
... Very strange to be saying goodbye to them, not knowing when I'll see them next. Won't be too long I hope! I seemed destined, when in New Zealand, not to see it from the air as everytime I have flown in, out or around, it's been cloudy. The flight to ...
Catching a salmon
Wow, this town was really over the hill. We went up some steep stuff to get to here and down again into this beautiful valley where it's sunny nearly all the time, apparently. We were pretty late getting in so grossly over-paid for a field to camp in ...
Pohara
We got up late and packed all our stuff up into the car. It was sad to say good bye, but good to be moving on to do something else. We headed over to Redwood Road where Sally & Bob Livingstone live. They are friends of Chris, the guy that we're going ...
Kayaking along the coast
We only had a day here because we were catching the ferry over to the North Island on the 21st. It was time well spent though. We did a day tour where you get a water taxi along a stretch of coastlin to a point, walk back part way back, get another water ...