Later I spent two weeks stalking the thumbs, based at Rangitata Rafts lodge.
Finally, I flew over the Thumbs.
See maps of the location and the New Zealand travel page.
These are the photos on my first trip up the Rangitata Gorge road in a rental car on November 30, 1996. The goal was to get as close as possible to the Two Thumbs. I ended at Mesopotamia station. The pictures after crossing the river end at Erewhon station, where a stream stopped me from going all the way for a view of the Thumbs.Later I spent two weeks stalking the thumbs, based at Rangitata Rafts lodge.
Finally, I flew over the Thumbs.
See maps of the location and the New Zealand travel page.
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