We awoke to have our last breakfast at The Awaroa Lodge. :( We're so sad to be leaving this beautiful place, but know there's a lot more to see in our short amount of time here. Hopefully it will all be as lovely as Abel Tasman!
The water taxi ride was extra adventurous. We went all the way to Separation Point at the North end of the park to drop off some day hikers first. The wind was pretty intense and made the water very choppy. We got drenched a couple of times before the driver started handing out towels. By the time we got back it was extremely low tide so a tractor had to come out to fetch the boat.
Once we got in the car we drove towards the west coat through the most amazingly beautiful valleys. It started to rain so we didn't stop to take too many pictures, but it was amazing. We stopped in a little town called Murchison for lunch at The Commercial Hotel. They had the best fish and chips ever!
As luck would have it we drove into Paproa National Park in Punakaiki right at high tide--the best time to view the Punakaiki (Pancake) Rocks. It was windy and rainy, but it gave the odd rock formations a spooky feeling so we liked it.
Afterwards we checked into our "villa" at Paparoa Park Motel. It had an amazing view, but otherwise was quite a step down from The Awaroa Lodge. For dinner, we hung with the locals--not exactly the Organic fare we'd been dining on up until then, but good nonetheless.
The water taxi ride was extra adventurous. We went all the way to Separation Point at the North end of the park to drop off some day hikers first. The wind was pretty intense and made the water very choppy. We got drenched a couple of times before the driver started handing out towels. By the time we got back it was extremely low tide so a tractor had to come out to fetch the boat.
Once we got in the car we drove towards the west coat through the most amazingly beautiful valleys. It started to rain so we didn't stop to take too many pictures, but it was amazing. We stopped in a little town called Murchison for lunch at The Commercial Hotel. They had the best fish and chips ever!
As luck would have it we drove into Paproa National Park in Punakaiki right at high tide--the best time to view the Punakaiki (Pancake) Rocks. It was windy and rainy, but it gave the odd rock formations a spooky feeling so we liked it.
Afterwards we checked into our "villa" at Paparoa Park Motel. It had an amazing view, but otherwise was quite a step down from The Awaroa Lodge. For dinner, we hung with the locals--not exactly the Organic fare we'd been dining on up until then, but good nonetheless.
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