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Short Track Transport for Kohaihai

Kohaihai is a coastal campsite, where you can enjoy your short walk. We at Maxi adventures are experts in Kohaihai Track Transport. Book our services by visiting https://www.maxiadventures.com/heaphy-track/

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1.9.2017 || Another one of those crazy fishermen. #HeaphyTrack #Kohaihai #NewZealand (at Kohaihai, Heaphy Track)

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| Time is constant; It will not slow down, it will not pause; It will tick by no matter what. Time is endless but we will never have enough. Carpe diem | #3amthoughts #sunset #KeAnnventures #Kohaihai #NZ (at Kohaihai, Heaphy Track)

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Wir lieben die Tiere, aber nicht ALLE. Manche haben uns aber zum Fressen gern.

Nach all den Highlights an der Nordküste, düsten wir mit dem Oldi so schnell er konnte an die Westküste (niedrigste Bevölkerungsdichte in NZ). 329 km von Motueka nach Kohaihai. Hier endet der bekannte Heaphy Track (4 Tage), der uns aber bez. Organisation zu umständlich (Rücktransport/Auto) war. Trotzdem ist Kohaihai ganz im Norden eine Reise wert. Rauhe Natur, fast keine Touristen, die seltene Nikau-Palme und die ÜBLEN schwarzen Biester...Sandflies. Genau mit diesen Moskitos wollten wir keine Bekanntschaft machen, sind die Stiche doch recht heftig. Sie sind schwarz, klein, langsam und ihre Stiche über Tage sichtbar. Zum Glück übertragen diese Sandflies keine Krankheiten. P.s. Es stechen nur die Weiblichen... :-)

Wir unternahmen trotzdem eine kurze Wanderung auf dem Ende des Heaphy Tracks, bevor wir den Oldi wieder starteten und zur Übernachtung nach Karamea fuhren. Die Biester liessen uns nicht in Ruhe und wir sehnten uns nach einem gemütlichen Abend. Viele reisende Schweizer in NZ fragen sich ob Anti-Brumm helfen würde. Wir schleppen seit vier Monaten eine Flasche mit und anscheinend nicht vergeblich. JA, es hilft!

Die nächsten paar Tage waren dann ganz angenehm und gefüllt mit interessanten Landschaften/Tieren. In der Tuaranga bay besuchten wir nochmals unsere Lieblinge, die grösste Seehund-Kolonie von NZ. Zusätzlich lud die Bay zum Surfen ein. Die Wellen waren hoch, sehr hoch für mich und nach 2h war ich platt. Die spielenden Hector Delfine neben mir in der Welle gaben mit Sicherheit die bessere Figur ab.

Wir sahen diese später nochmals an 2-3 Stränden und auch in Punakaiki bei den Pancake Rocks. Interessant waren die Blicke von all den anderen Touristen. 98% wurden durch die Felsformationen abgelenkt und werden wohl nie einen solchen, sehr seltenen Delfin zu Gesicht bekommen.

Nach der Empfehlung von Russell und Jan mussten wir an der Westküste unbedingt noch „Whitebait“ probieren. Es handelt sich dabei um sehr kleine Fische (Delikatesse in NZ) welche als Ganzes gegessen werden. Der Geschmack ist sehr gut, den Kopf und die Gräte spürt man nicht. Eine Delikatesse? Naja...

Wir hatten wohl bestes Wetter an der Westküste, kann es doch in den Bergen bis 8‘000 mm/Jahr regnen. (Zürich: ca. 1‘100 mm/Jahr) Trotzdem sahen wir die die Gletscher Fox und Franz-Josef nur in Wolken gehüllt und auch nur aus der Ferne. Für uns waren die beiden Gletscher nach Patagonien kein muss in NZ.

Also rollten wir weiter an der Westküste, welche sehr bekannt war zu Goldgräberzeiten (grösstes gef. Gold-Nugget: 2.8kg), bis nach Haast zu unserer letzten Nacht. Eine Nacht welche wir wohl nicht so schnell vergessen werden. Der Ausblick auf den Fluss...himmlisch, der Sonnenuntergang...unvergesslich und die Biester...so heftig wie noch nie. Bereits bei der Ankunft zeigten sich 1-2 angriffslustige Sandflies. Beim Nachtessen im Camper prasselte es an die Scheiben. In der Nacht fanden sie einen Weg zu uns in den Camper, es war die Hölle. Im 30 min Takt starteten wir die Jagd auf die Plaggeister. Um 2:30 Uhr begannen wir eine Stunde zu lesen, bis wir den Mut fanden nochmals ein Auge zu schliessen. Um 6:00 Uhr ergriffen wir die Flucht über den Haastpass und stoppten erst wieder in Wanaka. Beim Frühstück im Halbschlaf kam bereits die Vorfreude auf die nächste Nacht...ohne die schwarzen Biester.

02/02/2018

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Visit the most adventurous track in New Zealand the Heaphy track

The Heaphy Track is very famous in New Zealand for trekking. All the significant mountains, bridges, rivers located in this trekking. The track starts from North to South New Zealand that is from Golden Bay to Kohaihai, and it is approx 78.4 km long. If you make a plan to visit in the Heaphy track, then Maxi adventures are the solution of all your transporting problems in the track. We provide all transport facilities on this track and also provide mountain bikes. So, contact us today.

For more details visit- https://www.maxiadventures.com/heaphy-track/

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We provide transport to/from Brown Hut and Kohaihai for both trampers and mountain bikers

We deliver safely people  to Brown Hut (in Golden Bay) and pick them up from Kohaihai . 

Our rates are reasonable and also you can customize according to your needs. 

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7 janvier : départ pour la Heaphy Track, l'une des 9 great walks de NZ. On prend un bus de Nelson jusqu'à Karamea (6h de bus :-( On a décidé de faire la randonnée en 2 nuits et 3 jours de marche, il y a 78km avec peu de dénivelé. La première étape part de Kohaihai et nous amène au campsite de la Heaphy Hut. Supers paysages de la west coast : plages sauvages et Nikau palm trees, l'océan est bien frisquet!

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Kohaihai Campsites (ganz oben an der Westküste)

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The Heaphy’s Enchanted Forest

OPINION: Without a doubt the most dramatic part of the Heaphy Track is the coastal section which runs south from Heaphy River to the end of the track at Kohaihai.

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Maxi Aventures  Track Transport service take you the beautiful journey of Heaphy. You will enjoy the Brown Hut & Kohaihai track adventure without any difficulty. our shuttles are also best fits for mountain bikers to carry out their bikes. 

Reach us simpy for transport solutions @ https://www.maxiadventures.com/heaphy-track/

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It was time to depart Westport and head to the end of the road, there are only a few places in New Zealand where the road actually ends Cape Reinga and Bluff being two of the most well known usually covered in heaps of people taking photos but this time we where heading to a much more remote area north of Karamea the last little area with any shops.

Arriving at the DOC Camp at Kohaihai (#6412)  located at the Western end of the Heaphy Track right on the beach, such a very pretty spot. The camp is really well organised unlike a lot of the DOC camps we have visited in the South Island with parking spots clearly marked out all with gravel on the ground and surprisingly big enough for a 10 metre motorhome.

Of course it wouldn’t be a DOC camp without at least a couple of Weka’s poking their heads in to make sure you have paid your camp fees and your self containment certificate is up to date. These self appointed camp managers are so amusing the way they patrol the place.

With a quick bite of lunch out of the way and hiking boots laced up we set off to explore the first part of the track. With clear signage at the start of the track, that of course I misread, stating the estimated walking length of each section we decided to walk to the first “hut”. Of course if I had read the signage about mountain biking I would have realised my mistake.

The walk starts with a short bush walk before crossing the Kohaihai River another wonderful suspension bridge, you really feel like you’ve had a few wines when crossing these as they sway and bounce underneath you. It’s a great way to start the walk with the sea in one direction mountains in the other and native bush in front of you truly breathtaking.

From the bridge the well formed track runs uphill for around 30 minutes although it’s not steep you still know that you are walking uphill. As you get higher you get occasional glimpses of the sea below and all around you is the native bush that just offers so many varied scenes with all sorts of plants competing for the available sunlight peaking in through the canopy.

Reaching the top you are afforded the spectacular view of Scott’s beach below that makes that climb really worthwhile of course the great thing about walking uphill is that it’s always followed by the down part. So we set off to see what this beach looked like from a bit closer following the trail as it gently descended towards it.

Many moons ago when I had first met Sarah we visited Australia and I had the chance to take a bush walk with some friends. To this day I remember having to burn off the leeches, just about stepped on a couple of snakes and had to wear a hat to keep out the tic’s so walking the bush in New Zealand without having to worry about these things almost makes you grateful for the Sandflies (just joking) . Thankfully even the dreaded West Coast sandflies where on holiday on this glorious day with only the reserve staff manning a couple of feed stations along the way.

Not far from Scotts Beach we reached the “No Stopping” sign that did leave me rather mystified how does keeping moving stop you from being hit by falling rocks, but I guess they meant don’t stop and have a picnic or something similar. Anyway as you progress along the narrow path that has been cut into the rocks there was nowhere to stop even if you wanted to. It would have been rather uncomfortable to have sat down here.

The path winds along next to the sea sometimes 30 or 40 metres above the rocks below usually this would trigger my fear of heights especially on such a narrow path but with such breathtaking scenery I was to busy looking to be concerned about the heights around me.

I almost fell about laughing when we came across the Snail Crossing sign. In my mind I had this image of a huge Kenworth truck jackknifing as it screeched to a halt while the snail crossed the path. Later on however we came across this broken shell on the path maybe attacked by a bird that shows just how large these snails are.

I think whats really interesting is that although we were only walking about 9 kms each way the bush around us changed quite a few times. Suddenly it felt like we had been transported to Hawaii when the bush changed to these magnificent Nikau palms right next to the white sand beach. I think what made it easy to keep walking forward was just how much things were changing around us. We wanted to see the next bit of the track.

Of course it wouldn’t be the Coast Coast if there wasn’t a number of places where you had to ford a river or stream. We did also meet another tramper coming the other way who was kind enough to snap a couple of shots of us on one of this suspension bridge, they are such fun to walk across the way they bounce up and down and swing side to side.

Yet again the surrounding countryside changed with the path opening up to low lying scrub. It’s amazing how open it felt after the time spent walking through bush that’s at least twice as tall as you are and growing so close together that it’s almost dark and dingy inside the track.

After just over 2 hours of walking we reached the Katipo Creek shelter an open hut that would provide shelter if you couldn’t complete the journey or the weather turned to custard and you needed somewhere to hide. It’s not until I started writing this that I realised the name of the place is also the name of one of New Zealand’s poisonous spiders, but since I am only writing about this now we obviously didn’t encounter one.

The walk back was the chance to look at the scenery from the other direction as well as spot things that we might not have noticed along the way, such as the Marine Reserve marker. Or prompt me to take a photo that I missed such as the one telling you about potential rogue waves washing over the path when you are 15 metres up the cliff.

Although I didn’t get a photo we heard this strange noise behind us at one point I thought I’ve never heard a bird like that before but it was actually one of the Rangers on his motorbike heading back after servicing one of the huts. I’m glad we didn’t meet him on the steep cliff face part of the track or he would have been behind us for a while.

After just over another 2 hours of walking and blister free feet, except for Sarah with one tiny one. We had enjoyed one of the best walks we have ever done. Yes we didn’t walk the full Heaphy Track but we did get to experience part of it and that feels great. I wonder how much fitter we would have to be to be able to walk the full track with backpacks carrying all the supplies needed for a 4 or 5 day hike.

Back at the campsite it was time to rest and relax those tired feet, enjoy the sunset and reflect on what was a great afternoons tramping. For those that are looking a for a good tramp then the start of the Heaphy Track certainly offers this 10 out of 10.

  A Long Walk It was time to depart Westport and head to the end of the road, there are only a few places in New Zealand where the road actually ends Cape Reinga and Bluff being two of the most well known usually covered in heaps of people taking photos but this time we where heading to a much more remote area north of Karamea the last little area with any shops.

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Heaphy track Nz Day 4 heaphy hut to Kohaihai

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#trekking the #heaphytrack in #nz . . . . . . . . . . . . .#modernoutdoorsman #nature_seekers #nature #travel #wanderlust #natureporn #nature_obsession #naturelove #theoutbound #landscapelover #landscapehunter #adventure #landscape_captures #landscapephotography #backpacking #keepitwild #instapassport #instatraveling #neverstopexploring #nzmustdo #newzealand #travelnewzealand #everything_imaginable #fantastic_universe #global_hotshotz #globeshotz #ig_exquisite (at Kohaihai, Heaphy Track)

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Heaphy Track recently became a Great Ride! Number 8 on my list! I will be one of the last cyclists this season, bike season on the 73km trail through Kahurangi National Park closes in a few days. #bikepacking #bikepacktheworld #bikestagram #cycling #mtnbike #newzealand #lifeonbike (à Kohaihai, Heaphy Track)

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Experience Golden Bay and Heaphy track with Maxi adventures affordable package. Get a customised package by visiting  https://www.maxiadventures.com/heaphy-track/