For our fifth day we decided to rent a two-person kayak and spend the day mostly on the water. The waters around the Abel Tasman National Park are typically quite calm, and, after the mandatory hour's safety lesson, we were underway.
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Our intrepid couples' kayak safety class makes its way across the tidal flats to its
rendezvous with the kayaks |
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| Arrival of the kayaks |
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| Lots of people do the AT this way; many, only this way |
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Pretty calm sea; calmer than many a lake I have seen; the rowing was pretty effortless,
we were in no hurry, and the only serious challenge is not getting run over by water
taxis and cruise boats; and not getting so close to shore that the sand flies will get you |
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So basically we spent the entire day rowing up the coast from Marahau to near
Anchorage, stopping for lunch at Akerston Bay, then across the channel to these two
islands, Adele and Fisherman's, then back across the channel to Marahau |
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| Avast! 1st Mate and CFO Vicki guides us toward a rocky stretch |
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| Lunch at Akerston Bay's tiny 3-tent campground |
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| Weirdly eroded rocks and sea caves |
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| Across the channel, off Adele Island, looking at fur seal pups |
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| Ditto; click to enlarge; they're the small black fuzzy things |
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| Thus |
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| And thus |
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| And thus |
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| South end of Adele Island |
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| Looking back at Fisherman's Island |
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