Last day of the walk!
The walk to Kohaihai turns south along the coast partly through forest, across rivers and with views out to the sea.
The mornings of course are starting darker as the days shorten - and it is cool.
We walk through forest of nikau palms, rātā and karaka along the coast with lovely views out to the adjacent beach and towards the distinctive conical Kohaihai Bluff.
We climb up and over several saddles (290 m of climbing today) and pass Scott’s Beach from where it then climbs through forest over the Kohaihai Saddle before descending to cross the Kohaihai River over our last swing bridge.
Morning tea at Katipo Creek Campsite.
We enjoy a yummy lunch by the beach at the end of the walk with some yummy extras thoughtfully provided by Jenni who was walking through from west to east with another group and did an exchange of the goodies and car keys with Mim and Dani.
A 15 minute drive to Karamea mid-afternoon allowed us enough time to do a big load of our smelly washing and get it out to dry in the sun.
A drink at the pub then dinner. Great day; sad to be over.
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Well we certainly have been off-grid. Huts with gas only for cooking, bunks, no showers, no lights (so off to bed when the sun goes down), long-drop toilets - and no wine (until tonight!).
Tonight we have a motel so we have our first hot shower since Monday - yay!
It has been a revelation to me to realise on this trip how soft we have become.
Well done guys …..I would have used a pack of wet ones! You had cold showers? Jenny
ReplyDeleteWe just washed and changed undies - and a bit of APC. Ick!!
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