Yeey our adventure on the South Island is going to begin! We woke up early for a drop off at the cruise that will bring us to the other island! On the boat, we slept most of the time. Fully recharged we arrived at our new destination and our new driver Wahea was already waiting for us.
She is known for her positivity and great tips for the best food all around the South Island. We started off to the famous Marlborough wine region. Well, if you going to pass a region like that you have to stop for a wine tasting! We were all really excited about getting some good quality wine. Yeah, I can definitely tell you the wine was super tasty! Completely satisfied we continued our trip to Abel Tasman National park. Wow what a great place to stay and having an extra free day to spend in an surrounding like that!
The next day we took the water taxi to the other side to start a 4 hour hike back to our hostel. The weather was good and we took a lot of photos on the beach. Marlena, one of the girls, didn’t wanted to wait any longer for us and decided to just go without us. I tried to let her wait and walk with the others but she already left.. unfortunately she took a wrong turn and it took her about 1,5 hour to finish that road before she got back where she started. We couldn’t reach her by phone because of the bad reception, and we decided to start the hike back to the hostel without her.
This coastal track made us discover some of New Zealand’s best natural golden beaches. It was amazing to have lunch on a beach like that! We also saw lots of greens and little waterfalls. It was just perfect! Even the little rain that came in the afternoon was a joy! We were all really relaxed, taking in every moment. We took some more photos and we already could see the bridge that we needed to cross to get back to our hostel, when suddenly Marlena was saying Hi!! We were very surprised that she already made it so far back to the hostel including the extra 1,5 hour track. Her legs were all burning, she didn’t had a break and had walked as quickly as she could! Well done girl! I couldn’t do it! So in the end we arrived all at the same time back, satisfied from an amazing hike!
