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Tāwharanui National Park

In the mid of the Tāwharanui Regional Park we spend 2 days on a D.O.C. (Department of Conservation) camp ground. Your vehicle has to be self-contained to be allowed on this campground and beside long drops (pit toilets) there are no facilities.

But you have lots of space and there’s nothing but nature surrounding you! 🌿

Besides swimming and boogie boarding in the beautiful Pacific Ocean we enjoyed gorgeous sunsets as well as excellent walks for bird watching. 🐧🐦🐤🐥

Actually the natural reserve is famous with ornithologist. You can easily spend some more days on the peninsula…

16. März 2020 0

Ninety Mile Beach

One of the longest beaches in the world, not really 90 miles, but almost 90 kilometers in length and a great motorway for any off road vehicle. That’s the Ninety Mile Beach, forming the west coast down from Cape Reinga.

Birds, lots of mussels and wild horses accompanied us on the drive back to Awanui. Not to forget the endless views in both directions…

14. März 2020 0

Orcas

We booked a katamaran sailing trip to see more of the Bay of Islands and sincerely hoped for dolphins 🐬, that commonly are to be seen in the bay. But it all come out differently!

We observed plenty of sea birds, had a nice swimming & snorkeling stop and lunch at one of the islands, but no signs of dolphins. Amélie started to become impatient and her disappointment became more and more obvious when suddenly we heard the crew shout: Orcas ahead!

And there they were, a family of three – mother, father and an orca baby.
From the distance they didn’t look to big, but we were staggered to see how big they really are, as the dove under our boat. Insane!