Maraehako Bay Retreat

After leaving Opotiki, I bike for 2 days to get to this place

called "Maraehako Bay Retreat"... Mareahako means "a gathering place for good people" in the maori language (which is why I HAD to stay there!). I wasn't planning on spending five days there but it was such a cool place and they had a really good package deal... 5 days for 500$, including food (fresh seafood everyday!), accomodation, guided kayaking trip, possum hunting (haha!), guided maori culture walk, guided nature/medicine walk with visit of an old pa site (old maori village from 300 years ago), eel hunting and a day of fishing... I figured it was money well spent! Not to mention that the place was owned by a maori family (quite interesting people!) and that the best homemade ice cream in the world was just up the road! So instead of explaining all of the above activities, here's a few photos that will better show what those 5 days were like!

Ok, it is a real nightmare to try to organize photos on here! So if you want to see more photos, click on "Gen's photos" on the right! And I apologize for the look of this post! I give up trying to make it look nice!!