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Meander through bush clad mountains, along golden beach sand, cross river streams and take a break in the shade listening to the stillness. This is the essence of the Abel Tasman Track – a walk that builds peace, brings perspective and revitalises.

The part of the track we did on our second day had to be well timed – get advice from the locals about which parts of the track are suitable at any time and which ones are subject to tidal rivers and timed crossings.

From the taxi drop off point back to our parked car required crossing a tidal river. The tide rose by 6m and came in quite quickly – not a good to get caught up in. To make sure we could get over safely, we got there just after the ‘official low tide time’.

Because my companions didn’t want to get their feet wet we seemed to walk a long way off course before it was decided that we would have to take the plunge, take our shoes off and get our feet wet. By the time we got to the other side we were all starving, so we sat down on these comfortable looking rocks, unpacked our delicious lunch and got ready to begin eating, when we got this awful smell. We then discovered that we had chosen a beautiful spot downwind from the toilets. We moved very quickly!

The Abel Tasman track is suitable for most people – for the very fit the whole track can be done. For those that love the outdoors but are not healthy enough or have tight schedules there are many shorter options. The Tidal crossing walk that we did is relatively flat and is reasonably easy. I

If you do decide to do overnight hikes, there are plenty of huts along the way and because of its remoteness most of the coastal track campsites are empty.

This was a beautiful spot, and I recommend you take a trip out to explore it.

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