Today we left Auckland for the second time and made our way to Hot Water Beach, so named because of the thermal waters found on the beach. I chose to do kyacking again in the afternoon after checking into our really nice holiday cabins. This time the kyacking was done on the sea and we set off from a beautiful beach called Heihi beach and kyacked to Cathederal Cove which was absolutely awesome! After a pretty hairy entry to the shore through the surf and getting thrown around by a huge wave we got the the beach. This was the beach they filmed the start of one of the Narnia film from and was absolutely idyllic. With countless tiny islands in the bay and a cave through to the next beautiful beach.
After having the best coffee handmade by our incredibly beautiful guide we set off to the next and final bay. Have I mentioned how beautiful our guide was?
After getting back we waited until low tide at about 10pm and headed of to the so named Hot Water Beach to try out the hot water! We were supposed to dig a pool in the sand to find the hot water, but we found an abandoned pool and made it ours! The water was so hot! It is about 60-70oc apparently so we were desperate to find some cold water to wash in! But it was amazing, lying in a hot pool and looking up at the stars. I've never seen so many stars and actually seen the galaxy. Definitly the best day of my trip so far!
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