New Zealand (stray) - Mt Cook to Rangitata

'Depart 10am. We make our way to the ‘Lord of the Rings’ landscape of Rangitata. We head around the turquoise Lake Tekapo. We arrive early afternoon in Geraldine, and then head through to spend the night at Rangitata Rafts in Peel Forest (39.1km from Rangitata).'

below: a small church on the way to Rangitata

below: triple bunk beds!

below: white water rafting in rangitata (the best place for it in NZ with 'grade 5' rapids). Myself, adam, sam, rayen, elisabeth, 'switzerland' go rafting under the watchful eye of instructor maddie.

below: jumping off a rock into the river down below

below: the course of the rapids