Day 1, Cape Reinga to Twilight beach c/s
An early start for the trip to Cape Reinga. There were four people on our car and another four following so just eight starters for the morning, 4 Kiwis, one Canadian, one Japanese one Norwegian now living in New Zealand and me.
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| Cape Reinga |
The reason for the early start was that we had to get past a rocky ledge on the beach before the tide was too high. The timing was perfect and everyone got past safely.
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| Sign at Cape Reinga, camera settings are wrong! |
Another group started later and crossed the ledge on the falling tide which was actually a more sensible option as it is a very short walk to the first campsite.
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| Te Werahi beach |
Cape Reinga is totally uninhabited and a really wild area of scrub (bush) and sand with rocky outcrops like the one the Lighthouse is on.
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| Cape Reinga |
The scenery was superb with the seas rolling in from the west onto miles of pristine sand.
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| The crossing |
A river crossing to get off the beach and up to some interesting sand dunes meant getting wet up to the undercarriage but the sea was relatively warm and the wind and sun soon dried out everything that had got wet then and in a previous rain shower.
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| Looking back to Cape Reinga across the sand |
Over the top and onto Twilight beach and a straightforward walk round the tideline before climbing some steps to the campsite
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| Up from Twilight Beach |
A nice little basic site with two composting toilets, a covered cooking area and a limited, untreated, water supply. Everything a hiker needs.
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| Twilight campsite |
It was only lunchtime but the next campground was too far away for the first days walking so I had a lazy afternoon in the sunshine.
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