Mike Abbott "Mikey"
Country of origin - New Zealand
Mikey was born in a kayak! He has accomplished many first descents in India and Tibet including the famed first descent of the Tsangpo featured in Outside Magazine. Mike runs our kayaking trips in New Zealand and is a fantastic "confidence builder" for all our clients. He has also joined us in Morocco and the occasional raft trip. This boy loves his job! Mikey is definitely the guy you want as your safety kayaker!
Favourite river trips
Paddlers Paradise
"As a kiwi, I guess paddling at home has to be my favourite destination. You get a little bit of it all there, with steep creeks, big volume fun and of course the awesome scenery (lets not mention the sandflies) After two weeks of paddling is such a choice destination. clients paddling has improved heaps. That gives us a bit of a buzz too. Its kind of like a road trip for mates and thats the feel on the trip as well. Plenty of campfire "lies" get told about the day on the river, and then for the helicopter to pick us up at our campsite and fly us into the river... well you feel like a rock star."
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Mellow Morocco
"After working a season safety kayaking with WBN on the Zambezi, I decided to check out Morocco on Mush's advice. Its a great river to take people down who have some paddling experience. On the way, the scenery was pretty amazing, with gorges, wildlife and the occasional goat herder. Its brilliant to be in the middle of nowhere and cook up a feed over an open fire that blows people away. Pizza in the heart of the Atlas Mountains is okay!"
