Crossing the Whanganui Inlet, onto Kaituna Route

Day 2 of my journey across the South Island with my little blue boat. Which is actually a packraft. With a lot of hiking between the water. Kaihoka Lakes to another wild camping spot.

My alarm was successful, although I always sleep with a metaphorical one-eye-open when wild camping in public places. Who knows who likes to come down and swim at the crack of dawn or throw stones at the morning millpond?

I prised myself out of my warm sleeping bag and into the cool, morning air. Some orange was starting to glow on the rocky range in the…