The Split Apple Rock is granitic rock formation about 10m height located 50m off coast between Kaiteriteri and Marahau, the northern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. We called it “The Split Apple Rock” due to the shape look like a big apple which split into half with a smooth cut off.
You must heard a bout Ice Age animation story as you can see in the movie Ice Age it is the period with low temperature on earth and atmosphere which most of the earth was covered by ice and it was happened around 2.6 million years ago and this is the root cause of The Split Apple Rock. The rock would had a slight fracture or crack in it allowing water to seep into the crack in the rock. As the Ice advanced and temperatures dropped, the water froze and in doing so expanded together with earth gravity, causing the rock to split open like an apple. You might already study about theory that the size of thing can be increased according the change of temperature which will made hard thing to be creaked. It could be the best example for easy understand this super nature phenomenon.
You can reached The Split Apple Rock in many ways. By boat, water taxi or peddling. Near by Kaiteriteri acts is a base to start exploring the wonders of this region, the Abel Tasman National Park and Split Apple Rock.
The most enjoyable, you should choose to go to The Split Apple Rock by paddle and it takes about 2 to 3 hours which you can enjoy beautiful Kaiteriteri coastline along the way. You will be guided by a very expert in paddling with full instruction and safety brief before you start your real paddling in order to enjoy a safe paddling experience. There are two round trips everyday at 9 am and 1 pm and we would recommend to start your journey at the morning as the weather is not too hot and tide is also low. The cost is USD85 for adult and USD60 for children age above 8 years.
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