{"id":427,"date":"2026-01-30T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjs.sputs.com\/wordpress\/?p=427"},"modified":"2026-04-02T20:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T02:16:30","slug":"2026-day-8-abel-tasman-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sjs.sputs.com\/wordpress\/2026\/01\/30\/2026-day-8-abel-tasman-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Day 8 Abel Tasman National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

January 30, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Map: Day 8 (driving)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We chose this day as the better weather day to go to Abel Tasman National Park, and it was indeed the best weather so far on this trip: mostly sunny with a few clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Map: Day 8 (water taxi and hike)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

After watching a lovely sunrise from the deck of our Airbnb, we took the half hour drive to Kaiteriteri, where we had booked the Wilsons Swing Bridge Bush and Beach tour. The tour involved a 1-hour boat ride to Medlands Beach, followed by a hike and some side trips to Anchorage Beach, where we would be picked up by the shuttle boat later in the afternoon. We hiked a total of 9.5 miles including all of the side trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunrise at the AirBnb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On the morning boat ride we passed the Split Apple Rock formation. The shuttle made stops at Apple Tree Bay, Anchorage Beach, and Torrent Bay before dropping us off at Medlands Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Split Apple Rock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Torrent Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We arrived at Medlands at 10:15 am, and we were scheduled to be picked up at Anchorage at 5:20 pm. A direct hike to Anchorage was about 4 hours, so we expected to have plenty of time to do all of the side trips. As it turned out, we made enough stops on the hike that we ended up at Anchorage with about a half hour to spare before the boat pickup time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our boat at Medlands Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our first side trip was to hike north from Medlands to Bark Bay, where we crossed a swinging bridge and viewed Bark Bay Falls.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Swinging bridge to Bark Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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