North of Motueka there is the Abel Tasman National Park that offers several great hiking opportunities. The most famous is probably the Abel Tasman coastal track which can be hiked in 2 or 4 days. We decided to spend 2 days on this coastal track (overnight stay at a DOC camping site). The coastal scenery was really great and the hiking path was pretty easy, nearly wheelchair accesible *g* (no steep uphill or downhill parts). To prove that you don’t need expensive hiking boots to do a great hiking track I decided to hike in my flip-flops *g* After two days our legs were totally covered with sandfly bits. Those crappy sandfly bastards obviously wanted to eat me alive.. To get back to the beginning of the Abel Tasman track we called a water taxi and got picked up at Toga Bay.