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about $60 per day. Operators provide you with everything you need, including life jackets
and waterproof drums (essential if you go bottom-up).
You can also take guided canoe or kayak trips - prices start at around $350/850 per per-
son for a two-/five-day guided trip.
Operators include the following:
Awa Tours
(
CANOEING, KAYAKING
027 698 5135;
www.awatours.co.nz
; Raetihi)
Blazing Paddles
(
CANOEING, KAYAKING
07-895 5261, 0800 252 946;
www.blazingpaddles.co.nz
;
Taumarunui)
Canoe Safaris
(
CANOEING, KAYAKING
0800 272 335, 06-385.9237;
www.canoesafaris.co.nz
;
Ohakune)
Taumarunui Canoe Hire
(
CANOEING, KAYAKING
07-895 7483, 0800 226 6348;
www.taumarunuicanoehire.co.nz
;
Taumarunui)
Unique Whanganui River Experience
(
CANOEING, KAYAKING
06-323 9842, 027 245 2567;
www.uniquewhanganuiriver.co.nz
;
Feilding)
Whanganui River Canoes
(
CANOEING, KAYAKING
06-385 4176, 0800 408 888;
www.whanganuirivercanoes.co.nz
;
Raetihi)
Wades Landing Outdoors
(
CANOEING, KAYAKING
027 678 6461, 07-895 4854;
www.whanganui.co.nz
;
Raurimu)
Yeti Tours
(
CANOEING, KAYAKING
06-385 8197;
www.canoe.co.nz
;
Ohakune)
