Oreti beah walk

16km 3hrs

We did this part of the walk in the south to north direction because we we thought it would take us a bit longer than it did, and if we had gone southward and took longer we would have been crossing a stream close to high tide. As it was we absolutely could have done it the the correct direction.

Heading in the opposite direction really opened my eyes to the number of people heading to Bluff tomorrow. Usually you only see NOBO trampers and the occasional group that passes us, and the ones you share a hut with but there were so many!

The walk was pretty weird to be honest. The beach was really firm which made the walking easy but the fog in the morning made it seem like we were walking for an hour and not getting anywhere. Closer landmarks like an upside down car wreck would come and go but the dunes and the sea would remain exactly the same.

The stream that we crossed was not even ankle deep so we worried about that unnecessarily as well. Ah, well, better safe than sorry.

Once the fog burned off it was a beautiful but hot day. But the murky algae filled water didn't really appeal.Read more