Whanganui National Park Wanganui And Palmerston North New Zealand

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The park has a sprinkling of huts, a lodge and numerous camping grounds. Along the Taumarunui-Pipiriki section are three Category II huts classified as Great Walks Huts during summer and Serviced Huts in the off-season: the Whakahoro Hut at Whakahoro, and the John Coull Hut and Tieke Kainga, which has been revived as a marae. You can stay at Tieke Kainga, but full marae protocol must be observed. On the lower part of the river, Downes Hut is on the west bank, opposite Atene.

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Bridge to Nowhere Lodge (0800 480 308, 06-348 7122; www.bridgetonowheretours.co.nz; unpowered sites $20, self-catering/incl breakfast & dinner per person $45/125) Across the river from the Tieke Kainga marae, this remote lodge lies deep in the national park, 21km upriver from Pipiriki near the Matemateaonga Track. The only way to get here is by jetboat from Pipiriki or on foot. It has a licensed bar, and meals are quality home-cooked affairs. The lodge also runs jetboat tours and canoe trips.