Showing posts with label Nelson Region and the West Coast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nelson Region and the West Coast. Show all posts

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Goin' Trekkin'!

Tomorrow, July 5th, I'm going tramping (trekking in Kiwi verbiage).

I'm going on the Abel Tasman great walk. I will not be able to do it all because it's winter and transportation is hard to find and extremely expensive, so I will have to take a water taxi from Marahau to Totaranui and then I will walk south from there. It will take 3 days and 2 nights. Below is a map of the Abel Tasman track.


Afterwards, I will stay for a night in Motueka and on the 8th I will go on another great walk, The Heaphy track. That will take 4 days and 4 nights. I will then be picked up at Kohaihai shelter and driven to Westport where I will have my first shower in 4 days! Wish me luck! I should come back to you all with tons of gorgeous pictures. See you in 7 days!

Below, the Heaphy track map.