Kayaking in a unique enviroment, Franz Josef

Well it’s another day on the coast, the sun was out for awhile now overcast and big black clouds in the sky just waiting to dump more rain on us.  We have two people on a heli hike paddle combo 2day and with luck they when on the 9.30am trip.  Don’t think the kayaks will be paddling this afternoon but in Franz we don’t count it out until it happens.  People don’t to seem to understand that on the coast we get more rain in summer then we do in winter so it pays to allow a couple of days when your planning a trip.  In saying that the weather can change quickly and we get more rain in Franz Josef village then we do out at Lake Mapourika where our kayaks trips paddle.  The beauty of Lake Mapourika is that it’s always changing, one moment still and calm and the next moody and dramatic. We are very lucky to be able to paddle in a National Park located between the Glaciers and the Sea.