{"id":59,"date":"2020-02-23T20:38:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T20:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/?p=59"},"modified":"2021-07-19T05:31:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T05:31:09","slug":"day-2-tane-mahuta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/?p=59","title":{"rendered":"Day 2. Ahipara to Kauri Coast &#8211; Tane Mahuta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/day-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/day-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/day-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/day-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/day-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/day-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/day-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the start line we had a rough goal of 120km per day. Today we got a rude awakening as to how tough that goal will be. We left Ahipara at 7:30am and arrived at our campsite 140km later in the dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the plus side, although tough, I loved every minute of it.  Riding through Waipoua Forest and stopping at Tane Mahuta was very special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"2560\" src=\"http:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200223_1802562103499336904732289-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200223_1802562103499336904732289-scaled.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200223_1802562103499336904732289-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200223_1802562103499336904732289-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200223_1802562103499336904732289-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200223_1802562103499336904732289-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200223_1802562103499336904732289-1152x2048.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Control photo 3 Tane Mahuta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the day we were getting seriously tired and hungry with no certanty of food at our motor camp destination\u2026 and then in the middle of nowhere came the Donnelly&#8217;s Crossing cafe&#8230; Setup just for TA riders.. Trail angels! Coffee cart, all kinds of food. Big plate of Nachos with heaps of sour cream YES PLEASE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"http:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200223_195246-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200223_195246-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200223_195246-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200223_195246-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200223_195246-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200223_195246-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG_20200223_195246-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Trail angels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The campsite was full of cyclists<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"2560\" src=\"http:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200223_2031214520107890240672846-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200223_2031214520107890240672846-scaled.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200223_2031214520107890240672846-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200223_2031214520107890240672846-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200223_2031214520107890240672846-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200223_2031214520107890240672846-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_20200223_2031214520107890240672846-1152x2048.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Last few km in the dark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the start line we had a rough goal of 120km per day. Today we got a rude awakening as to how tough that goal will be. We left Ahipara at 7:30am and arrived at our campsite 140km later in the dark. On the plus side, although tough, I loved every minute of it. Riding &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/?p=59\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Day 2. Ahipara to Kauri Coast &#8211; Tane Mahuta&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/39south.com\/tour-aotearoa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}