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09/02/2025

The section of the Abel Tasman Coast Track from Torrent Bay to Bark Bay is a popular day walk. At 7.8km the walk takes most people between 2 to 3 hours.

01/02/2025

This provides some wonderful background into the Mārahau Pledge.

A collective vision by Mārahau businesses is thriving and giving back to the community and environment that has sustained them.

18/01/2025

Adventure anyone? Jumping from high places etc?!

If thrill seeking activities are your thing, the Nelson Tasman region in New Zealand has a few to offer. Hurtle through the air at 200kmh, leap off rocks into crystal-clear creeks or zip down one of the world’s longest flying foxes!

07/01/2025

This is a fantastic capture of Bird's Nest Fungi, as spotted and photographed by Anatola Wilkinson on her walk from Mārahau to Stilwell Bay.

01/01/2025

06/12/2024

This is my take on Torrent Bay, another story in our latest Abel Tasman Magazine.

Torrent Bay is a village of holiday houses on privately owned land within the Abel Tasman National Park. There is no road access, electricity supply or permanent residents so it is largely a place for classic Kiwi summer holidays.

22/11/2024

Customer Service Superstars Wanted!

The Abel Tasman Centre is part of a larger family-owned tourism business servicing the Abel Tasman National Park from the beautiful seaside village of Marahau. We operate a booking office/general store, holiday park as well as sea kayaking and water taxi trips into the Abel Tasman.

This is a fixed-term position from December through to mid February or March. Must be available to work weekends.

You will be helping visitors get the most out of their Abel Tasman experience, facilitating a fun atmosphere for our customers with maximum interaction while maintaining a professional
focus. Ideally, you will have considerable frontline customer service experience preferably in the tourism and merchandise sector.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
-Computer literate and able. Advantage knowing Ibis and Preno reservation systems.
-Aptitude to learn new systems.
-Excellent time management practices.
-Working knowledge of the Abel Tasman National Park (coastal area in particular).

Personal Attributes
-Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with a wide range of people.
-Strong personal drive and energy.
-A natural orientation towards change, improvement, and new ideas.
-Keen to keep learning, displaying an open and positive attitude.
-A high level of professionalism and integrity.
-Strong Initiative
-Punctual
-A goal-oriented team player with the natural ability to lead and motivate.
-A passion for the outdoors.

Please contact [email protected] with your CV

09/11/2024

Here it is folks, a full description of the Abel Tasman Coast Track.

Enjoy Abel Tasman Coast Track Walking Guide. This guide provides walk times and distance for most of the Abel Tasman bays.

31/10/2024

The fifth edition is Abel Tasman Magazine for 2024/2025 is hot off the press!

This magazine will soon be making its way into homes, cafes, pubs, customer waiting areas, airports, motels, hotels and hostels for visitors to enjoy a content-rich selection of the deeper and more personal stories of this wonderful place we call home.

To celebrate this milestone, we're offering to post a copy of the magazine to the first 10 people who comment below with a "YES!" and then PM us your NZ postal address.

The new edition includes:
🏖️A comprehensive walking guide for the Abel Tasman
🛝Reviews of the best playgrounds in the district
🌅A progress report on the Mārahau Pledge
🌲Fresh stories on hunting & gathering
🐾Off the lease dog walking spots around the place
🍽️ A guide to Nelson eats
🎨A feature on local artist, Mat Tait
🗺️ Plus a bunch of helpful features including packing lists and a map!

You can also access the current (and previous editions) of the magazine online here - https://www.abeltasman.com/magazine/

If you want an old school, hardcopy of the mag, pop into the Abel Tasman Centre on the Mārahau foreshore.

The magazine project is inspired by our desire to give people a more inspired and authentic experience with the Abel Tasman from their early research and dreaming through to the experiences we provide on the ground. We're proud to publish this magazine free of charge and with zero paid advertisements!

29/07/2024

Customer Service Superstars Wanted!

The Abel Tasman Centre is part of a larger family-owned tourism business servicing the Abel Tasman National Park from the beautiful seaside village of Marahau. We operate a booking office/general store, holiday park as well as sea kayaking and water taxi trips into the Abel Tasman.

This is a fixed-term position from September through to the end of April. Must be available to work weekends.

You will be helping visitors get the most out of their Abel Tasman experience, facilitating a fun atmosphere for our customers with maximum interaction while maintaining a professional
focus. Ideally, you will have considerable frontline customer service experience preferably in the tourism and merchandise sector.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
-Computer literate and able. Advantage knowing Ibis and Preno reservation systems.
-Aptitude to learn new systems.
-Excellent time management practices.
-Working knowledge of the Abel Tasman National Park (coastal area in particular).

Personal Attributes
-Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with a wide range of people.
-Strong personal drive and energy.
-A natural orientation towards change, improvement, and new ideas.
-Keen to keep learning, displaying an open and positive attitude.
-A high level of professionalism and integrity.
-Strong Initiative
-Punctual
-A goal-oriented team player with the natural ability to lead and motivate.
-A passion for the outdoors.

Please contact [email protected] with your CV

10/04/2024

As tradition would dictate, we spent Easter at Tōtaranui with a bunch of fellow Riwakians at the end of March. It appears the secret is out that Tōt is a wonderful, wonderful place to camp in spring and early autumn with the camp being fuller than we've ever seen it at the same time for the past 12 or so years.

Tōtaranui campground could well be the best DOC camping ground in the country. Even when it's full to capacity it's well worth a visit!

07/03/2024

Have you ever wondered where many of the fantastic guides in the Abel Tasman start out on their outdoors path?

If you have ever been kayaking in the Abel Tasman there is a high chance your kayak guides will be a graduate of the NMIT Te Pūkenga Adventure Tourism and Guiding Course.