Incredibly blessed to call this place our home. We travel the world in hope that we see such beauty, and it’s right here in our own backyard.

Wilson’s Abel Tasman - highly recommend!!
Well organized, food amazing including packed lunches on the go as you venture out for the day trekking the well formed tracks of the Abel Tasman National Park.

Accommodation: big tick on accom facilities -
Meadowbank lodge and Torrent Bay lodge ❤️

Our guides Phil & Caleb were brilliant! Engaging, knowledgeable, down to earth and professional.

We are hooked on coming back!!

Highly recommend!

3 day self guided walk. We were fortunate to have stunning weather and the Abel
tasman is definitely one of nzs jewels.

We especially liked torrent bay lodge dining, lounge and outdoor area. its pure beachfront.
We had a few things that could be improved. The beer and scallop pie were lukewarm. I like my beer cold and pie heated. Actually, i like hot meals hot!

It seems that everyone is paying different prices for the trip. We paid exactly the same price as guided 3 day - shoulder season $1350. But some on our trip got deals through various sources including one on grab one for a little over $850 each. Others got deals $1050 each. Ironically the best rooms at the front of torrent bay lodge went to those who got the cheapest deals. We unfortunately got a bedroom above the kitchen. And were woken at 5.30 with staff moving around and then full on prep from around 6am. Definitely request a room not near or above kitchen when you book.
The other thing which was disappointing is that there was no afternoon tea when you arrived at the lodge. So after 18km walk people arrived mid afternoon and were drinking alcohol with no food. A scone or muffin or cheeseboard not even peanuts or crisps to purchase would be great. We had nearly eaten our arms off by 5,30pm each day when nibbles were served.
one of the other people in our group advised they removed the electric blanket from their bed - a really good move and i wish i had done this. the electric blanket was too small for the bed so the hard plastic cord attachment was very uncomfortable.

The good aspects is that all the staff were fantastic and helpful. The lodges are in absolutely stunning locations. Torrent bay lodge has comfortable outdoor dining and lounge area and wrap around windows in the lounge area. It was purebeach front. Sunrise and sunset were worth waiting for. The two front beach upstairs rooms looked to be the best choice of rooms.

The flexibility of travelling is great - you can get wilsons water shuttle arranged if you arent able to walk any of the sections. This makes the experience achieveable for all.

It’s a great comfortable way to see the park with lots of options available as well. But while some little things could be improved, its worth doing.

It was a wonderful experience. Great guides Jack and Phil who were very informative and fun. The lodges, food and wine was exceptional and the accomodation amazing. A few things to take note of to potentially make your experience better
1/ We had attrocious bad weather on our first day so the boat could not drop off our night bag at the lodge which would have been ok as they warned us to take a change of clothing. However, the inner waterproof bags of our day packs they gave us to keep our contents dry did the reverse. There are small holes punched in them (apparently for health and safety) that draw in water that leaks through into your clothing. Many of us arrived at the lodge with wet gear inside. The drying rooms do not have the capacity to dry much so please take your own inner plastic bag to protect your clothing and overnight things. 2/ We did the guided walk and the guides were great However, with only one guide one day, we decided we wanted to go a quicker pace than the others so decided to self guide. I would suggest that anyone doing the guided walk also joins the unguided briefing as there are tips on shortcuts and finding lodges etc that we found very tricky doing it ourselves.... A great trip anyway.