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Tuesday, 3 April 2012
Friday, 3 February 2012Waitangi in Wanaka
Rippon Festival will be held in Wanaka on Saturday Photo: Ripponfestival.co.nz
It's that time again when thousands of kiwi music lovers flock to Wanaka for the biannual Rippon Festival held at Rippon Vineyard above Lake Wanaka this Waitangi Weekend. Offering festival goers stunning views out over the lake, the sell-out festival has an all star line up of kiwi talent including Kora, Katchafire, Trinity Roots and The Datsuns who will entertain the crowd this Saturday. Wanaka River Journeys wishes to congratulate the organisers and winners of the recent Challenge Wanaka iron distance triathlon. Australian Aaron Farlow and kiwi Gina Crawford performed well to win their respective races as did all 1300 plus athletes who took part. There's still plenty of sun left in summer 2011/12 and if you haven't made it to Wanaka this season we hope you can - the team at Wanaka River Journeys would love to see you! Check out our trips here!
Today we had an amazing tour up the Matukituki River by jet boat with a very experienced guide, Brent. The ride was exhilarating with a blend of colorful scenes of mountains, glaciers, beech forests, farm land, and river vistas. We also walked along an upland shore and learned much about Maori culture, history, and the geology of this region. He even spoke the beautiful Maori language at times and translated during our journey. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone of any age who is coming to the South Island. It is a must. You will see beauty not seen elsewhere.
By: Marilyn and Ron Wetmore on Sunday, 19 February 2012 @ 20:59:44