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Kiwi Saddle - Ngaruroro River 7-9 May
The trip started with a leisurely Friday drive up the Hawke Bay side, including the usual coffee stop at Dannevirke. We started the slog from the Cameron Campsite carpark at Kuripapango at 1:45pm, climbing in misty conditions. It was nice to get to Kiwi Saddle Hut 3½ hours later, in time to put up tents and get dinner started before it was dark. We had the hut to ourselves. The next day dawned nice and fine and we were off down the nice track to Kiwi Mouth. We reached Cameron Hut around 4:30pm which again gave us time to put up tents, collect firewood etc. Overnight it rained, but Sunday morning was overcast and cool yet dry for our walk out.
