Tuesday, January 9, 2024 9:19 pm
Location: Hipango Park (1380.1 km)
Hike: Te Araroa, 2023 - 2024
Our fourth and penultimate day on the Whanganui River was much calmer than our first three days, making for an “easy”, but still tiring, day down the river.
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Monday, January 8, 2024 10:48 pm
Location: The Flying Fox (1346.9 km)
Hike: Te Araroa, 2023 - 2024
Our third day on the Whanganui River took us through several interesting rapids, including the notorious 50-50 rapid, and we quickly progressed downstream.
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Sunday, January 7, 2024 9:27 pm
Location: Ngaporo Campsite (1307.8 km)
Hike: Te Araroa, 2023 - 2024
Today was our second day on the Whanganui River, a long 44km stretch that gave us more interesting rapids than yesterday.
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Saturday, January 6, 2024 9:02 pm
Location: John Coull Campsite (1263.2 km)
Hike: Te Araroa, 2023 - 2024
Today is the first day of our five day canoe trip down the Whanganui River.
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Friday, January 5, 2024 9:26 pm
Location: Whakahoro Campsite (1227.1 km)
Hike: Te Araroa, 2023 - 2024
A road walk down a gravel road brought us just short of the Whanganui River.
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