Upper Wakamarina
The Upper Wakamarina is the 2 km of river between Doom Creek and Butchers Flat. It's an easy walk on a four wheel drive track the majority of the way to the put-in. I was first alerted to the section on the Kiwi Canyons website and since then a few people have mentioned it as worth a look in kayaks. It's pretty unlikely this is a first descent as it's readily accessible, immediately upstream of the kayak guidebook run and there are even pictures of some rapids in the canyoning guidebook! In saying that I haven't seen any information about it in kayaking circles. On the 18th of November 2018 we went up there for a look on the way to the ferry. We were suitably tired after a previous exploratory mission (subject of future post) and were looking for some easy adventure. We put-in at the Doom Creek bridge and scratched through two rapids to the Wakamarina proper. The scratching didn't stop there as the river was much lower than anticipated! Rapids consi...