New Zealand - Nelson and Abel Tasman National Park Robert and Courtney Schafer Dec 2006 Click here to return to the main page While staying in Nelson, we spent a day sea kayaking in Abel Tasman National Park. It was lots of fun and we got to see some really large seals!

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Courtney and Robert in front of our Nelson hotel	Kite surfers at Tahunanui beach	Split apple rock	Another view of split apple rock	Exiting the water taxi
Courtney and Robert, ready for kayaking	Courtney and Robert having a great time	Abel Tasman coastline	Courtney and Robert kayaking down a slough	Catherine sitting pretty
Kayaking under one of the coastal track bridges	Catherine and Rich check out a sleeping seal on the beach	Catherine on the beach at our lunch spot	Robert, Courtney, and Catherine wait for lunch to be ready	Lovely golden sand beach
Lunch is served!	Catherine and Rich heading out to sea	Abel Tasman view	Looking at birds and seals	Drifting past an island full of seals
One seal came right up to us	Another great view	This rock looked kind of like a dinosaur	We did a short hike with awesome coastal views	View at an overlook
Hiking through the primeval rainforest	Courtney and Robert playing around under kiwi arch	Courtney waits for the water taxi	One of the many little islands