• Activity: Canoeing
• Te Araroa kilometres done: 1275
• Official kms: 31.5km
• Garmin kms: 32.69km
• Total time: 5:31
• Calories burned: 1082
• Body battery: 7/10
• Accommodation: Ngaporo camp site
• Tent nights tally: 12

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Waking up in Mangawaiiti camp site there is so much bird song! I rose out of the tent at 6am, Antonia then rolled over onto my airmat within seconds.

After getting organised, having breakfast & repacking everything we were down at the Canoe just before 9am with all the gear, then proceeded to tie everything down.

We were off just after 9am, today had some great scenery & a couple of nice rapids to go down. Antonia & I stopped about 12km in for a quick snack & toilet stop. Other than that, our breaks were had sitting on the Canoe.

There was a point after Tieke where the water was wide & very slow, so it seemed to take forever. But within 5 & a half hours we were at our destination for the afternoon/evening.

We were so happy that this campsite wasn’t a big climb up like the previous night & we were only the second couple to arrive.

After setting up we made Corn fritters for a late lunch & relaxed & enjoyed the view.

By the end of the afternoon there was only 10 of us in total camping here. It was a nice change to the 40 or so the night before. Six of us sat in the shelter chatting, I had a few glasses of wine & then by 8pm we had all retired to our tents.

Tomorrow we face the 50/50 rapids. It’s named this because only 50 percent make it through without capsizing. Fingers crossed we are in the 50 percent.