After the ferry, we spent the night in Nelson. The next day we hiked in Abel Tasman National Park. Abel Tasman is famous for its gorgeous beaches. We took a boat ride up the coast, where we were dropped off so we could hike back on the Coast Trail. The views of the beach were indeed gorgeous
but in a 3 hour hike, we could only see the beach in about four places. Mostly, the Coast Trail looks like this:
So when we did see beach, we got pretty excited: