{"id":2403,"date":"2017-04-03T08:56:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T06:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwheeltravel.com\/?p=2403\/"},"modified":"2019-01-07T16:31:31","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T15:31:31","slug":"cape-palliser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwheeltravel.com\/en\/cape-palliser\/","title":{"rendered":"A perfect Sunday on the road to Cape Palliser"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we live in Wellington, we took the opportunity of a sunny Sunday in September to discover the scenic road to Cape Palliser which is supposed to be one of the most beautiful in the north island. Let’s go for 140km and a 2 hours drive!<\/p>\n

After reaching the countryside the road crossed mountains and there are a lot of bends. Those reliefs are so beautiful! The road is so close to the cliffs that we can see the the forests and the valley below. Once we are on the mountain’s other side the road bypass thee Wairapapa lake. That is the less interesting part of the trip.<\/p>\n

The morning was already gone so we decided to make a detour and have a picnic lunch at Lake Ferry, a small village along the sea. We were pleasantly surprised: for the first time we caught sight of the south island snowcapped summits! We parked the car on dunes and eat in the boot in front of this amazing view. A lot of wood hunks lying on black sand give the scenery the wild appearance and the typical character of many of the New Zealand black sand beaches.<\/p>\n