IT-NZRT05 
Rates: All inclusive from Hanmer, all meals, accommodations in rustic cabins or tents, 4 riding days, 4-6 hours per day. 
4 days/ 3 nights   $ 775  
-- based on NZ$ 1,125
2006
11/06-11/09    12/27-12/30
2007: 
11/04-11/07    12/26-12/29    01/03-01/06
01/15-01/18    02/26-03/01    04/13-04/16
05/07-05/10

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Meeting: Hanmer
Airport: Christchurch
Transfer: by bus - not included
Level:    Novice+
Tack:     Australian Stock saddles
Horses: Thoroughbred/Clydesdale cross
Pace:     Slow, some trots and optional canters
Min/Max Riders: 1-10
Note: overnights in B&B, tents, farms and musterers huts

Itinerary


Day 0. Transfer from Christchurch to Hanmer by bus  or rental car. Overnight at a B&B or local inn. (not included)
Day 1:  9.30am Arrive at our base at The Peaks. After saddling up and loading the packhorses we ride out from our base at The Peaks, up through the Waitohi River, stopping for lunch, and then pass Mt.Waitohi over hill country to the Seven Hills homestead and cottage. Here we enjoy dinner with the family at the homestead and spend our first night in the cottage or in tents. (Rustic cottage, flush toilet)  approx 4.5hrs riding.
Day 2: After a cooked breakfast at the Seven Hills  homestead we ride over hill country and meet the Waitohi River again. We stop for lunch and a swim at the Mt Noble boundary, passing under Mt Noble and Gola Peak we ride on to Mt. Whitnow Station, a High Country sheep and cattle station, where we camp in the shearers quarters and enjoy an evening meal in comfortable surroundings.(bunks,showers, flush toilet and kitchen) approx 4.5hrs riding.
Day 3: We ride up and over a low pass (approx. 900metres.) into the Seaward valley, following the Seaward River, surrounded by mountains, down through its awesome, deep gorges. We cross the river many times and stop for lunch by a deep, clear swimming hole. Then it is further on down the Seaward to its confluence with the Hurunui River, following the Hurunui through its spectacular gorge past Maori Gully to our tent camp in the forest above the Hurunui River. (Camp out, barbecue dinner, swimming hole) approx 5hrs riding.
Day 4: Leaving the camp site behind we ride along the banks of the tranquil Hurunui River, under the impressive Hooligan Range with Mt. Mizar, Ben Cliberick, Phyllis Fell and Mount Catherine on the opposite side of the river. We lunch below Mt. Self beside the Hurunui, after which we ride across country again, up and over the Kanuku Saddle (approx.850metres.) with it's panoramic views of the Amuri Basin, down to our base  where we unsaddle, unpack, wash the horses down and then enjoy afternoon tea.  approx.4.5hrs riding.
Departure by bus to Christchurch.