• Taumarunui - wild River Camp

    Nov 20–21 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Med mad pakket til de kommende syv dage og fem dages mad afleveret til Kanu virksomheden, gik turen afsted ind i buskadset på 42 Traverse.

    Om morgenen var jeg til Kanu “briefing”, og derefter var de så søde at køre os 20 km ned ad vejen til starten af 42 Traverse. Herefter gik det to dage ind i buskads, men af stier som hovedsageligt blev brugt af ATVer, så de var forholdsvis gode at gå.

    Vi overnattede ved floden, som vi dagen efter skulle krydse, da der ikke var mange egnede campsites på vejen.

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    With food packed for the coming seven days, and five days’ worth of food delivered to the canoe company, we set off into the scrub of the 42 Traverse.

    In the morning, I attended the canoe “briefing”, and afterwards they were kind enough to drive us 20 km down the road to the start of the 42 Traverse. From there, we spent two days heading into the bush, mostly on trails used by ATVs, which made them relatively easy to walk.

    We camped by the river that we would have to cross the next day, as there were not many suitable campsites along the way.
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