Hahei

I should probably be brief here, so I can wind up these holiday posts - especially as we are now well into February. Day 3 saw us drive around to Hahei -a longish excursion by road, but not far at all in a boat. We swam and sunned ourselves at Hahei beach (first pic), before going on a boat trip round the coast, taking in Cathedral Cove, Hahei, the Whanganui-a-Hei marine reserve and some snorkelling. Hahei was probably the busiest beach we visited, but - as you can see - that was not too busy at all. Part of the boat trip included snorkelling off the boat in one of the sheltered coves. Unlike Fiji, the snorkelling spot was teeming with kelp and other underwater plants rather than fish, but it was fun nonetheless. We rounded out our trip to this part of the coast, by having dinner under the kiwifruit and grape vines at Purangi vineyard with the sun shining down on us. The setting was gorgeous - both at the beach and at the vineyard - but, after the previous day, the food was pretty average. If you're heading to Hahei, look elsewhere first before lunching at Luna cafe....