Calm seas, golden beaches and great accommodation.
8. Why are there
houses in the National Park?
The whole of the Abel Tasman National Park used to be privately
owned and was donated to the government in 1942. However there
were some bits of land that remained in private ownership,
mainly Torrent Bay and Awaroa but there are also a few others
around the coast as well.
9. How long do
people normally stay?
Normally 1 or 2 nights but we have had several people stay
up to 6 nights! |
1. Is AQUAPACKERS a party boat?
No!! Aquapackers is a great place to socialise and enjoy the peace and quiet of the evenings and EARLY mornings. It is a condition of our Department of Conservation Concession to operate that we keep night noise to a minimum.
2. Does our floating backpackers GO anywhere?
Yes. Sometimes on a nice evening we will take you for a short cruise around Anchorage Bay while you are having dinner. We also have to take the boat to Bark Bay every 3 days to fill up with fresh water, charge the batteries etc.
3. What time is dinner?
Normally about 7pm.
4. What time is breakfast?
Breakfast is on from 7am un till about 9am.
5. Once we are on board the boat
are we stuck on board?
No. We normally encourage people to stay on the beach as long
as they like but if you are on board and want to go ashore,
one of our staff will take you in one of the blue inflatables.
6. How do you get all your supplies
out here?
One of the blue inflatable boats is our supply boat, so every
3 days we take all the rubbish, dirty laundry, etc out by
boat and bring fresh food, clean laundry, fuel etc back
in.
 7.
How DID you get permission to operate your business in the
National Park?
When we started in 1999 it was easy to get a Commercial Operating
License from the local council. Now however, the Dept. of
Conservation administers all of the commercial operators
and they will not issue any more licenses.
Call Chris at Aquapackers on 0800 430 744, or Email: chris@aquapackers.co.nz
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