30.12.2013 - Abel Tasman

After switching hotels for the last time, we were now situated right next to the entrance to the Abel Tasman.
Since it was a very rainy day we decided to not do a hike but instead do a 3h boats tour to get an overview
over the Abel Tasman National Park. It was worth the money and time and the best decision to make. The
tour started with rain and rough sea, so our boat was jumping a bit through the waves which I quite liked.
Constantly having spray in the air, really cool. Nonetheless we were able to get some nice pictures of the
coastline of the Abel Tasman and got an overview on how big Abel Tasman is and some background infos.
Close to the return point of our tour the weather changed and we were treated with sunshine and smaller
waves and were able to see everything again in a different light situation. Pretty lucky I think. Abel Tasman
has some really nice beaches and is definitely a good place for a ‘I need a break, let’s stay on beach’
vacation, not that much people there and definitely in the middle of nowhere.

At night you can see a hell of lot of stars out there, since there is no light pollution of any kind it get’s really
dark and you can see the milky way with the naked eye. Fantastic!