3 An untouched WILDERNESS
THIS GREAT WALK is not actually a ‘walk’, but a 145km river journey. It may not immediately appeal, especially for those raised with feet firmly set upon dry land, but it’s an adventure that should be on every Kiwi’s bucket list.
Over the course of five days (three if you opt for the shorter and more popular 88km alternative from Whakahoro), paddlers are treated to the best of what the Whanganui River, the world’s first natural environment to be granted legal personhood, has to offer.
From cavernous river valleys that rise up through pristine native bush to
