Tsitsikamma skipping day 1

Good day
We are hiking Tsitsikamma end April. We were going to hike day 1 and day 2 in a single day (as we have heard day 1 hut is not great! And additionally day 1 is only 3,5km).
But this would make day 1 quite a long hike, and we have heard now that it may be possible to get dropped off near the start of day 2 (about a km in?) and skip the day 1 section altogether.

Does anyone have any info on this option? Where would we need to get dropped off, how far into day 2 trail is the drop off point, is it worth it to skip day 1 section of the hike?

Any info greatly appreciated.