Cape Reinga or also known as the jumping place of the souls

Morning Pic

We wake up with the seagulls dancing on our roof.

Which is not a problem, as we get to see the sunrise because of it. Plus, there are plenty of big blue-black birds running across the field here.

By the way, we saw a peacock 🦚 at the roadside yesterday🤩

Since Jürgen wants to sleep, I take a walk on the beach.

In the beginning, 2 beach runners accompany me, but on the way back, it seems like I'm getting too close to their nest, so they attack me 😂

Breakfast with this view, outside and finally with ☀️sun.

Allegedly, you can also see Orcas and dolphins in this bay if you're lucky.....we didn't have that much luck☹️

The DOC Campground area is huge, spread across the two bays. The price for such a special location is pit toilets (although very clean) and cold showers 🚿 But you get used to everything😊

The road to Cape Reinga seems endless.

As always, we are rewarded with a magnificent view of Te Werahi Beach

and Cape Reinga lighthouse. Here, the Pacific and the Tasman Sea meet. Due to the different tides, it is quite rough here.

Abel Tasman was the first European to reach this coastline in 1643.

Cape Reinga (also known as the jumping place of the souls or the underworld) is of great spiritual significance to the Maroi. In their mythology, the souls of the deceased travel along Ninety Mile Beach (which, by the way, is not 90 miles long but only 64 miles 😂) from Cape Reinga, over the roots of an 800-year-old Pohutukawa tree, towards their ancestors in Hawaiki, leaving Aotearoa (New Zealand).

This gives this place a special

For today, we've driven enough and end up at Tapotupotu Beach, where we find a nice spot by the sea including the sound of breaking waves.

The funny seagulls welcome us again.

After a beach walk and a detour into the mangroves, we let our souls rest for the rest of the day.