Rum Currie's Hut
Rum Currie's Hut
Rum Currie's Hut is a shelter located within Rum Currie's Camping Area in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island, situated along the Kawarau River. The camping area accepts tents only.
The site serves as a popular take-out point for kayakers and rafters running the Kawarau River Dogleg section, a 4. 4-mile Class III stretch that begins near the Gibbston Winery put-in upstream of the Highway 6 bridge.
The shuttle between put-in and take-out covers approximately 5. 9 kilometres.
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