Day 9 & 10 Te Kaha – Maraehako Bay

It was a short, scenic ride today, about 16kms from Te Kaha to the Maraehako camping ground – our new happy place! We had the usual irresistible stops for photos, and a stop at one random roadside corner when the phone picked up reception for the first time in a few days.

Put simply this place is idyllic. We feel like we are in a Kathmandu camping advert! This could be our top camping spot of all time and is going to take some beating. We are metres from the beach with Olive pitched under a pohutukawa tree, three other campers are in the paddock, we have hot showers, and a camp shop to buy ice creams! We’re all set for a day or two. The cost is NZ$30 per night.

We have fresh fish to cook for tonight’s dinner thanks to a kind fisherman sharing his catch, followed by toasted marshmallows. Life doesn’t get much better than this.