Rangitaiki River Rafting

Rangitaiki River Rafting

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Kaituna Cascades normally offers the Rangitaiki River Rafting Tours while the Kaituna river is flooded. Generally it’s low rocky and bouncy, but after the rains that close & flood the Kaituna river – the “Rangi” becomes and class 4/5 beast and a brown rollercoaster of fun!

The Rangitaiki is an awesome half day Wilderness rafting trip passing through spectacular NZ scenery and Native bush between the Kaiangaroa forest and the beautiful and untouched Te Urewera National Park.

The Rangi is the complete rafting package with continuous and hard whitewater at the start of the river, with larger rapids like Geoff’s Joy, Fantail Falls, Pop Up, and Tautika getting ya pumped up and holding on tight…

Then chilling out in the middle with a nice quiet flat stretch, ideal for swimming and floating followed by fun grade 3+ rapids through to the finish.

Once you’ve rafted the epic 12 km’s !! of whitewater – we’ll cruise back to Rotorua!

No prior experience is necessary as you will be given full and comprehensive training and accompanied by a highly experienced guide. All you need is a reasonable level of fitness, a sense of fun and adventure, swimwear and a towel.

This is a half day tour so we recommend bringing a packed lunch and drinks for the day!

Also please note – This is an exciting grade 4+ rafting experience and is NOT suited for older or bigger people, or people that aren’t comfortable in the water. We have a weight limit of 120 kgs.

Check in Time

9.30am on demand only - Please contact us to book a trip! This trip needs 6 clients to go ahead.

Duration

Awesome half day Wilderness rafting trip. Please allow about 5 hours.

Availability

Year round subject to river flows.

Location

The Rangitaiki River is located in Murupara. We will pick you up from your Rotorua accommodation.

Conditions

Age 13 - 65 years. NOT SUITABLE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN or THOSE WITH HEART CONDITIONS. MAXIMUN WEIGHT is 120kgs - must be fit and healthy.

We Provide

The best guides on the river, custom built rafts, wetsuits, helmets, lifejackets, paddles, fleece tops, wetsuit booties, and splash jackets.

Price Includes

Transport from your accommodation in Rotorua (or specified meeting point).

What to bring

Swimwear, Shorts, Towel & a sense of adventure! A PACKED LUNCH & DRINKS, We are GoPro friendly, feel free to bring yours along. Please bring a chest harness for your GoPro.

Minimum Numbers

This trip needs 6 clients to go ahead.

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Health & Safety

We are taking all precautionary safety measures to give you a safe (and amazing) trip down our iconic Kaituna River, Wairoa & Rangitaiki Rivers. However River Rafting is an adventure activity with a degree of risk which increases with the grade of rapids. Rafts can capsize, and people may fall out of the raft in fast flowing & violent water, people may be injured.
The Kaituna & Wairoa River’s are class 5 rivers and both have waterfalls and hard rapids.
Grade 5 = Very difficult rapids, High-powerful-irregular waves, difficult to negotiate, the extreme for commercial operations. This said – The Kaituna river is an amazing river & is normally good for most fit and healthy people”

PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT KAITUNA CASCADES CANNOT GUARANTEE YOUR SAFETY.

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  • star rating  An exciting white water rafting experience in a beautiful native forest setting near Rotorua. Rob was a fun great guide.

    Chillybin
    January 1, 1970
  • star rating  My partner and I did this on the 27-2-22 and I was so nervous during the detailed induction lead by the very cool Elvis but he was so informative and... read more

    Neggie B
    February 1, 2022
  • star rating  Thanks to the crew for an awesome day. Much appreciated. Definitely recommend best activity I have done in Rotorua so far!!

    Jack McBeath
    January 1, 1970
  • star rating  Well organised, great staff, well maintained equipment & suitable tidy and clean facilities. Well led by our guide Hayley.

    Patrick Z
    January 1, 1970
  • star rating  Was an awesome experience! Felt super safe and comfortable and will most definitely be doing it again!

    Whereisjess
    July 13, 2021
  • star rating  Cole and the team were really great. 3rd time doing it. Will be back for more. The instructor made the experience one to remember!

    86sachinthaa
    March 20, 2022
  • star rating  Brilliant! We had heaps of fun. Guides were friendly and made us feel safe and comfortable. Highly recommended to all!

    Mahn
    January 1, 2022
  • star rating  This was a great adventure for us. Safety equipment all supplied, Excellent instructors, very thorough safety training and great sense of humour from the staff. Great value for money,... read more

    62Muzza
    May 3, 2022
  • star rating  We had Pete as our guide and we had an amazing time. The rafting experience was amazing and would highly recommend doing it whenever you are in the area. You... read more

    Johnny L
    June 28, 2022
  • star rating  So much fun! Weather was a little bit miserable, but that didn't affect the trip at all! Awesome experience and definitely look forward to returning with more friends. Pete and... read more

    Megan F
    August 5, 2021
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