We have just spent 4 days at one of the most picturesque
places we have ever been. We drove up to the Coromandel Peninsula – this is the
finger of land that sticks up before Auckland. We booked a fantastic campsite
over looking the beach in a small village called Hahei (thanks once again to
Sheila for the recommendation!). The weather behaved very well and we had
bright sunshine and no clouds. Chris even braved the sea (we found it very cold
after Fiji though). The beach has perfect white sand and had small islands out
to sea (it was sort of like Krabi in a small way). We spent some blissful days
relaxing on the beach and walking around the area.
One day we walked to Cathedral Cove, this is famous for
having a hole in the middle of the cliff on the beach that you can walk
through. It really was so beautiful. We are so blown away by the amazing
scenery in the whole of NZ, whilst the South Island had the lakes and mountains
we are now hitting the clear white sand beaches of the North Island. We are
really glad we were able to spend 5 weeks exploring the whole country, it definitely
needs this amount of time.
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| Beach below the campsite |
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| Relaxing on our fantastic pitch overlooking the sea |
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| The start of the walk to Cathedral Cove |
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| Looking back towards Hahei and our campsite |
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| Cathedral Cove |
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| Beautiful beach at Cathedral Cove |
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| Our beach in Hahei |
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| Chris braves the waves |
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