Awaroa Beach

The views by plane are epic, over all the Abel Tasman National Park, or from an aqua taxi you see lots of other bays on fast-forward around the coast. Walking in takes three to four days and makes the cold beer at Awaroa Lodge so much tastier. This white beauty of a beach is 800 m long, with calm safe water for swimming or paddle boarding. It became famous in 2016 when kiwis fought to buy it from a private landowner, raising over two million in crowd funding. It was later gifted to Abel Tasman National Park.