Hiking and exploring and beaching in Abel Tasman National Park is the plan for today. We boarded the water taxi at 9:00 am for a three hour ride down and up the coast of the park. The coastline has numerous bays and beaches that can only be reached by hiking or boating, there is no road access in the park.
We disembarked at noon on Apple Tree Beach and headed into the woods to the hiking trail. The trail is 7 kilometres long but adding all the side paths we took to look-outs and beaches we walked over 12 kilometres. And the views were incredible.
We ate lunch on a secluded sandy beach. And Libby had a quick swim.
After lunch we continued our walk.
The hike was invigorating and exhausting as the sun came out and the temperatures soared. We arrived at our pick up spot in Anchorage Bay at 3:45 and enjoyed laying on the beach for the next hour.
Highlights of the day included the beautiful secluded beaches, especially Observation Beach where we stopped for lunch and Libby couldn’t resist a dip in the ocean. Another highlight was seeing a pod of 300 bottlenose dolphins that swam along side the boat and played in the wake.
Pick up was at 5:00 pm and we headed back for showers and dinner and a beer.
It's All About The Journey 
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