stop it ilona!

Whanganui river 5 day by Canoe (142km)

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January 31st 2011
Finally we where on our way, the day before a group had set off, the river was still high and the flow was very quick, they had the misfortune off snapping a canoe and one of the group had to be airlifted to hospital with hypothermia..... what laid ahead was 142km of river with 4 planned camps along the way, our chosen method of transport was a canadian canoe. Once we had packed our belonings ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » National Parks » Whanganui National Park

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more