The next best thing to a guided kayak tour with us at Kahu Kayaks - enjoy the independence of our freedom kayak hire and before you set out, download the free Abel Tasman Virtual Visitor Centre app onto your smartphone.

Designed to work on Android and Apple devices, the app has up-to-date information on weather, tides, maps, points of interest, history, plants, wildlife and walking times in the Abel Tasman National Park as well as information about the ecological restoration project being undertaken in the Park by Project Janszoon and the Department of Conservation.

Once the app has downloaded it works even when you are offline, so it's a perfect pocket guide to help you discover the Abel Tasman and it will update itself when you get within range of the various wi-fi hotspots around the Park.

The app currently includes points of interest between Marahau and Anchorage, but will be extended throughout the Park.