The Packrafting Association of NZ is running its annual meetup in Hanmer Springs this January. Come and meet other packrafters, join workshops on safety, skills and techniques, hear presentations about packrafting and demo some new boats! Plus there's plenty to do for anyone in the family who doesn't packraft; hot pools, mountain biking, tramping, fishing..... [...]
PRANZ will be hosting the 2018 meetup in Te Anau this march. There will be workshops and river trips through the weekend, and hopefully lots of un-official trips with new friends in the week afterwards. All the information about the meetup is on the PRANZ website.
Alpine tops, grade 2 rapids, southern ocean and two perfectly calm crossings of Hauroko, the "Lake of the sounding wind". Jamie McAuly had a dream trip by all accounts...
After 40 years exploring rivers all around the world, Hugh Canard explains why he loves his new river tool.
