Day 1 – 10/25

Woke up early like every day since I’ve been here. Got ready and got a ride to the start of the trail at cape Reinga. So excited!

The trail starts up high by the lighthouse and then makes its way down to the first beach. I thought that the TA is marked by orange triangles, however it turns out all trails in NZ are marked by orange triangles. I hiked a couple km on another trail before I figured that out, luckily the first day was short.

Then the trail goes up over some dunes and back down to another beach.

I thought this guy was dead, but when I got closer he opened his eyes, guess he was just taking a little nap.

The campsite was at the end of the beach. There was only one other TA hiker there, but there were a few other hikers, some said they mighty do the South Island.