Our grade 5, white water rafting trip is often recognised as one of the best half day trips in the world! It was recently voted in the top 8 white water trips in the world by Red Bull.

With 10 major rapids on this 11 km run, plus numerous smaller rapids, there is plenty to get excited about.

This is a very active trip and you will need to work as part of a team to navigate your way through steep drops, chutes and major rapids in the grade 5 gorge. The trip starts off with some mellow grade 1-3 rapids, which are great practice for what lies ahead.

Throughout the trip you will see some amazing New Zealand scenery along the way.

And the trip finishes back at River Valley Lodge, for hot showers! You can also choose to add on meals or accommodation at the lodge after your trip.

Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Minimum of 4 people needed for this trip to go ahead - if you have a smaller group please contact us and we can fit you in with more people

All our rafting trips are river level dependent - if the river is higher than our safe operating level we will not run the trip

This is a very active trip - you need to be physically fit enough to paddle and move around the boat