Abel Tasman National Park, NZ

4 days in Abel Tasman with 2 days of kayaking and the rest hiking and chilling on the beach. It started with heavy rain, but luckily we had a guide for our first day of kayak and also the beaches were EMPTY :) The last three days were sunny!

Learning how to kayak... already soaking wet but happy

...coffee break

...lunch break and snorkeling

The beaches were incredible!

First day of kayak, CHECK. We slept in a DOC hut on the beach

Second day on our own

Lunch break on an empty beach

Find Jess on the photo

There were seal colonies on three of the islands. A few ones were swimming next to our kayak...

Baby seal on the rocks

Hiking

Almost there... just a few more kilometers to go...

Nice to arrive on the beach after 13 km of walking

Dedication to AnneSy who told us to go to Abel Tasman

Style: Ex Voto, artist: Gael

Mixed NZ

Walk in the forest

Black beach in Marokopa

Sunset in Marokopa

The exit after hours of black water rafting in the glow worm caves

We cheated and went to the Kiwi house to see kiwis, too hard to see them in the forests

Sunset on our way back to Auckland

Lava, lava, lava on Rangitoto

Auckland seen from Rangitoto

Tongariro Alpine Crossing (20 km), NZ

Beautiful day in the mountains, with a touch of Mordor in Tongariro.

Muscle pain ++ in the legs after 20 km and 5h30 of walking...

A volcano

The red crater

One of the emerald lakes. Gael almost fell in it aaaahhhh!

On our way to the next campsite in a national park, driving along the Forgotten Highway.

Sheep on a green hill.

Lake Taupo, NZ

Driving through Taupo to get to Tongariro.

Morning in the van.

Huka Falls

Coromandel Peninsula, NZ

Driving from Auckland and around the Coromandel Peninsula

Breakfast

Beautiful beach...

Stingray Bay

Jess discovering a cave

Love is in the air

Hot Water Beach digging for the hot springs "do-it-yourself" with all the crazy tourists