Travel Reference
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Tours
Whanganui National Park has canoe, kayak and jetboat tours on the Whanganui River.
Waimarie Paddle- Steamer Tours
( 06-347 1863, 0800 783 2637; www.riverboats.co.nz ; 1a Taupo Quay; adult/child/family $39/15/89; tours
10am Oct-Mar; ) Take a two-hour trip up ol' man Whanganui on the historic PS Waimarie,
the last of the river paddle steamers.
BOAT TOUR
WALKING TOUR
Wanganui City Guided Walking Tours
( 06-349 3258; per person $10; 10am & 2pm Sat) Sign up for one of two 90-minute guided
tours through old Whanganui, giving your feet a workout as you pass historic sights.
Tours depart the i-SITE (book tickets inside).
Festivals & Events
Vintage Weekend
( www.vintageweekend.co.nz ) Time-travelling cars, clothes, music and architecture, and good
times over three January days by the Whanganui River.
CULTURAL
Wanganui Festival of Glass
( www.wanganuiglass.co.nz ) Classy glass fest in September. Plenty of open studios, demonstra-
tions and workshops.
ARTS
Whanganui Literary Festival
( www.facebook.com/whanganuiliteraryfestival ) Thoughts, words, and thoughts about words. Every
second September (odd-numbered years).
CULTURAL
Cemetery Circuit Motorcycle Race
( www.cemeterycircuit.co.nz ) Pandemonic motorcycle race around Whanganui's city streets on
Boxing Day. The southern hemisphere's version of the Isle of Man TT?
SPORTS
Sleeping
Anndion Lodge
HOSTEL $
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