New Zealand is a place of expansive wonder shaped by weather and water. Huge rugged peaks give way to cascading cliffs, with sweeping valleys in which rivers are born and then flow to feed the vast Pacific Ocean. These rivers form not only our land, but are also the guiding pathways for our roads and tracks to follow.
Almost every hiking track in NZ follows a river or stream for at least some, if not all of their journey. They weave up the valleys, follow the banks and occasionally pass over with the help of a rickety swing bridge.
The river is often seen as just an accomplice to the hike, sometimes nice to look at, swim or drink from but little else. But what would you think if I told you the water could become your chief inspiration for adventure? Something that can take you deep into places you never even realized or imagined you could go. Places where you are
