Team Adventure Aotearoa is a group of three close friends who share a passion for New Zealand’s great outdoors and who each have family history and an affinity with the South Canterbury area of New Zealand. The proposed Journey is a three week continuously self propelled circumnavigation; encompassing an area of significance; and covering a wide range of terrain. In keeping with their philosophies, the team will have transition and logistics support from their families in the area and will camp in tents and remove all waste; leaving no trace of their passing. From Caroline Bay on the Pacific Ocean, the team will sea kayak for two days to the Waitaki River; mountain bike for five days inland before an eleven day mountaineering section along the main divide, including a summit of New Zealand’s highest peak Aoraki / Mount Cook. A two day raft down the Rangitata River back to the Pacific Ocean will be followed by the last leg – a one day kayak to complete the circuit back to Caroline Bay. In essence this adventure is about three friends planning and realizing their goal of a completing a unique and original adventure in an area which they love.
