Day 22. Ambury Park – Brookby Road. 37km. Total 650km. Trail Magic! It rained quite a lot last night but when I prepare breakfast it stopped – just to start again once I am finished. I stay a bit longer in my tent, waiting for the rain to stop before heading off. There are still…
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Orewa – Ambury Park. I have reached Auckland and done the first 600km.
Day 19. Orewa Beach – Tatarata Point. 32km. Total 576km. The night was alright but the best is the sunrise I can watch right from my tent. I am not in a hurry as the river crossing in 20km can best be done at the lowest tide at 3.17pm today. So after packing up and…
Auckland region. Mangawhai – Orewa. Ups and downs.
Day 16. Coastal Cows – Omaha forest. 34km. Total 482km. Incredible, I have already done the first section, Northland! I didn’t sleep much the night with the guys having their party and myself a few things to organise, write, prepare. I still wake up at 6am so I slowly get going, giving my parents a…
Jaggers camp to Manghawai. Finishing the first section, Northland.
Day 14. Jaggers camp – Urititi camp. 33km. Total 412km. Getting up very early again to see the sunrise at the beach. 6am is a perfect timing for the reddish clouds shimmering over the ocean. How can any day start better? A few kilometers on the ocean until the trail will get tough again. From…
Whananaki to Jaggers camp. Everything from rainforest to beaches, hills, sun, rain.
Day 12. Whananaki – Ngurunguru / Nikau bay Camp. 26km. Total 338km. After yesterday’s crazy long hike, I am of course tired today! The night in the small hut was so nice and dry but I think I even sleep better in my tent now. As always I start at 7am. We have about 26km…
Opua to Whananaki. Beautiful rainforest plus long road walking.
Day 10. Beachside Holiday Park – Russell forest hut. 22km (12 by boat and 10 by foot). Total 273km. What a perfect campsite. I lay in my tent in the early morning and watch the sunrise right over the sea. The birds are singing and as I have the luxury of not hiking this morning,…
Puketi to Opua.
Day 8. Puketi Recreation Area – Waitangi Forest. 33km. Total 231km. I wake up at 6.30am and start cooking my porridge and tea while still sitting in my sleeping bag in my tent. I love being cozy like this for breakfast! At 7.30am I am the first to start the trail and I enjoy being…
Te Araroa 2. Mud battle in the Northland forests.
Day 4. Oct 17. Ahipara – km 128. 27km. Total 128km. Mud Party in the Herekino forest. I didn’t sleep much in the dormitory and get up at 6.30am. Around 7.20am I leave the nice Ahipara holiday park. It’s 8km on the road till the start of the Herekino forest track. Easy, not many cars….
Te Araroa. 1. Cape Reinga – Ahipara. Sand and ocean.
Auckland – heading north. October 13. Thursday morning, my bus leaves at 7.45 am from the close-by bus station. The chatty driver talks for ages about where we will stop and who will get off or in etc, repeating it at every stop. I talk to a German guy who is joining for 2 days…
Some DIY for the Te Araroa
I am usually buying my gear as I am never satisfied with what I am able to produce with my own hands! However, there are a few items that are non existant on the market or too difficult / expensive to organize. So over the last few days I have worked out a few items…
Gear for my 3,000km trail
What do you (I!) need for a 3,000km hike? That question was in my mind for at least a couple of months. Ultralight was the initial goal, but other consideration came into play. After searching on too many websites, blogs, forums for THE best tent, sleeping bag, pad, rain jacket,… I came to the conclusion…
A week of via ferrata in the Brenta Dolomites – Part 2
Day four starts with clear blue sky and and a beautiful sunrise, but there is a hefty wind out there. We head uphill, it’s an impressive surrounding with all the Dolomite towers but the trail is very stony and exhausting plus some climbing. Plus the wind which is strong and cold. Then finally the actual…
Hello Mountains 