My Matauri bay trip.

I wanted to do a brief summary of my trip to Matauri bay and the Cavalli islands, as well as have all the Relive videos in one place. In total, 122.8 km paddled and walked, about 1900KM driven, at 8.2l/100km, a bit over 24 hours on the road spread over two days. The Cavallis are a beautiful place, and I want to come back at a time when we have half a metre or so of swell to get into all the caves and passageways I couldn’t see this time.

I did, however, see all the areas I was hoping to see, and overall the trip was great fun, and well worth the travel.

Day 1, Rock gardening from Matauri bay west, 17.9 km www.relive.cc/view/vrqDpNRpKLq

Day 2, Outer Cavalli islands, 28.1 KM www.relive.cc/view/v36AGRY9KZv

Day 3, Southern Cavalli islands, 22.4km www.relive.cc/view/vYvE2nLm5GO

Day 4, Pekapeka bay and the duke’s nose, 21.6km walked and paddled www.relive.cc/view/vevY37V5KJ6

Day 5, Motukawanui walk and snorkel, 14.2 km, not including swimming. www.relive.cc/view/vRO7eZ8eVKq

Day 6, northern cavalli islands, including a swim and snorkel, 18.6km www.relive.cc/view/vPOpDKPVwRO