Three Sisters and the Elefant Rock

After reading about the Three Sisters and The Elefant Rock in the travel guide and receiving a strong recommendation from Stefan and Felix, I could no longer just pass by. These are rock formations that are surrounded by the sea at high tide. The water has been slowly eroding the rocks layer by layer for millions of years, creating these formations, which will eventually be destroyed again.

The Elefant, for example, apparently lost its trunk only in 2016, although to me it doesn't really look like anything is missing. The Three Sisters were apparently four at the turn of the century, but even as a trio, they still look impressive!

From two hours before to two hours after low tide, one can walk from a nearby beach to admire the rock formations. I thought I had informed myself well about the tides and spent the morning in New Plymouth. But when I arrived, first of all, the low tide had already ended, and secondly, it had started raining heavily. At that point, I really had no desire to go there.

Instead, I learned how to jump-start a car. Two Spanish women had a dead battery and had found a man who knew how to jump-start a car, but no one had jumper cables. I was able to help with that. Within a few minutes, the man had connected the two cars in the rain, and the Spanish women's engine was running again, allowing them to continue their journey.

The next day, I set off relatively early, precisely two hours before low tide, to visit the Three Sisters and The Elefant Rock. I was one of the first at Elefant Rock and could take photos of it without any people around and did the same later at the Three Sisters. As I was heading back, more and more people flocked to the rock formations, and I was glad to escape the crowds.

From a viewpoint along the road, I took one last look at the Elefant Rock before heading to the next destination.