Packrafting in New Zealand – New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year – Backpacker Guide New Zealand
Day 145: Today we are trying out packrafting in New Zealand for the first time! Join us on this rafting and kayaking adventure in the Fiordland National Park in New Zealand! We’re packrafting with Expedition X on the Waiau River, Lake Manapouri and the Kepler Track.
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Today we are doing packrafting in Fiordland National Park! What is packrafting? Well, it’s exploring the wilderness with everything you need on your back including a raft or kayak. We are using blow-up kayaks to explore the Waiau River in Te Anau and Lake Manapouri before packing the rafts up in a backpack then hiking on the Kepler Track.
Packrafting is one of the awesome adventure activities in Te Anau, where we start our trip. We learn how to blow up our packrafts then hit the grade 2 Waiau River. Packrafting on the Waiau River is great for beginners to packrafting.
Once floated down the Waiau River we emerge on Lake Manapouri. At one side of the lake, we reach the shores and pack our rafts away. With our rafts on our backs, we hit the Kepler Track which is one of the Great Walks of New Zealand. Hiking the Kepler Track is part of the packrafting experience.
So what do you think of packrafting in New Zealand? It’s a great way to experience kayaking in Te Anau or kayaking in Fiordland, as well as being able to hike the Kepler Track all in one trip. Would you add packrafting to your New Zealand must-do list? LUK in the comments.
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BackpackerGuide.NZ is New Zealand’s biggest online travel guide for adventure and budget travel in New Zealand. Join us, as the team behind BackpackerGuide.NZ, Robin and Laura, update the travel guide while taking on 365 Days: 365 Activities in New Zealand! It’s New Zealand’s Biggest Gap Year! We release new videos of the New Zealand backpacking adventure every single day, as well as New Zealand travel tips and 360 videos every Sunday so start making your New Zealand bucket list!
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Things to Do in Te Anau in 360 - New Zealand VR
See the awesome landscapes and things to do in Te Anau in 360 degrees in this VR video of Te Anau in New Zealand!
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Trying to figure out where to go in New Zealand? Check out Te Anau in 360 degrees in this virtual reality slideshow. These are the landscapes, sights and things to do in Te Anau in New Zealand presented in a 360 video of Te Anau, New Zealand. Watch in 4K for the best results.
See Te Anau's packrafting in 360, Te Anau Glowworm Caves, Te Anau Bird Sanctuary, Doubtful Sound and more captured with a VR camera.
These 360 images were captured during the making of the web series New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year, which is a daily travel vlog where the BackpackerGuide.NZ team challenge themselves to 365 Days: 365 Activities in New Zealand. Check it out at
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Doubtful Sound ➜
Te Anau Bird Sanctuary ➜
Packrafting ➜
The Road to Milford Sound ➜
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5 Incredible Multi-Day Hikes in Fiordland National Park ➜
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The Road to Milford Sound – New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year – Backpacker Guide New Zealand
Day 146: Today we are taking one of the most scenic road trips in New Zealand, the Road to Milford Sound! We’ll show you some awesome stops to do along the Milford Sound Road as part of our 365 Days: 365 Activities!
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Today we are finally leaving Te Anau and taking the Milford Sound road to Milford Sound. We’re taking a whole day to do this because there are so many awesome things to do on the Milford Road along the way!
We hit State Highway 94, the Milford Road between Te Anau and Milford Sound. First stop for us is the Eglinton Valley – a 2km wide valley with unreal scenery. There’s plenty of space to park up safely and embrace! Next, we stop at the Mirror Lakes, a short walk to a super reflective lake.
There are many safe viewing areas and lookouts to pull up to along the Milford Sound Road to see the Hollyford Valley and array of waterfalls on a rainy day like today.
Next we stop at the famous Homer Tunnel carved right through the granite of the Darren Mountains. It took around 20 years to build and is the start of our descent into Milford Sound. We arrive in an amazing valley of glacier-carved mountains and Fiordland National Park forest. This has to be one of the best roads in New Zealand.
Tonight we are staying in one of the only accommodation in Milford Sound, The Milford Sound Loge.
So what do you think of the Road to Milford Sound? Do you think it’s worth taking your time on? LUK in the comments!
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Packraft Waiau River NZ
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Things to Do in Fiordland National Park in 360 - New Zealand VR
See the awesome landscapes and things to do in Fiordland National Park in 360 degrees in this VR video of Fiordland in New Zealand!
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Trying to figure out where to go in New Zealand? Check out Fiordland in 360 degrees in this virtual reality slideshow. These are the landscapes, sights and things to do in Fiordland National Park in New Zealand presented in a 360 video of Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. Watch in 4K for the best results.
See Fiorland's Milford Sound in 360, Doubtful Sound Cruise, The Chasm Walk, the Kepler Track, Jet Boating in Fiordland and more captured with a VR camera.
These 360 images were captured during the making of the web series New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year, which is a daily travel vlog where the BackpackerGuide.NZ team challenge themselves to 365 Days: 365 Activities in New Zealand. Check it out at
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Doubtful Sound ➜
Te Anau Glowworm Caves ➜
Kepler Track (Pack Rafting) ➜
Lake Hauroko & Waiaurahiri River Jet Boat ➜
Milford Sound Kayak ➜
Milford Sound Lookout ➜
The Chasm ➜
-- More about Things to Do in Fiordland National Park in New Zealand –
5 Incredible Multi-Day Hikes in Fiordland National Park ➜
Fiordland National Park - Guide for Backpackers ➜
Guide to Milford Sound and the Milford Sound Road ➜
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James and Greg Dougherty Packrafting NZ