On Monday, Jan 21st, we went from Wellington to Nelson. Wellington is on the North Island, while Nelson is on the South... so we took a 3 hour ferry ride on the Interislander Ferry. The ferry was really beautiful, lots to see, so we took many pictures. The ferry goes right through the Marlborough Sounds which are absolutely stunning. Once we were off the ferry in Picton, we loaded another KIWI bus on the other side and headed through to Nelson. On the way to Nelson we stopped at a nice winery and did a wine tasting. Yum! On the bus, as always, we arranged our activities in Nelson. Nelson is the "gateway", if you will, to the Abel Tasman National Park. We decided to do a full day in the park with a boat ride,
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