Kaituna & Wairoa Combo

Kaituna & Wairoa Combo

  • The EPIC Kaituna and Wairoa River combo
  • Grade 5 White Water Rafting
  • Rotorua & Tauranga, New Zealand

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Combining two of the most exciting rivers in New Zealand together for the most epic day of Rafting ever. You’ll raft the challenging and intense boulder gardens and waterfalls of the grade 5 Wairoa in the morning & then sink into the deep magical warm waters of the Kaituna, and experience the world’s tallest commercially rafted waterfall in the afternoon!

Saving $25 per person with this EPIC combo !

Two completely different rivers in the best day of rafting ever….

Also please note – These are exciting grade 5 rafting experiences and are NOT suited for older or bigger people, or people that aren’t comfortable in the water. We have a weight limit of 120 kgs.

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Rafting Rotorua New Zealand

PLEASE NOTE:
The power company only release water on certain Sundays, 26 days a year over the Spring/Summer/Autumn period for us to go rafting. SO GET IN QUICK

The Flow dates for 2025/26  will be released in August 2025

September 2024  Sunday 29
 October 2024  Sunday 13, 27
 November 2024  Sunday 10, 24
 December 2024  Sunday 8, 22, 29
 January 2025  Sunday 5, 12, 19, 26
 February 2025  Sunday 2, 9, 16, 23 
 March 2025  Sunday 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
 April 2025  Sunday 6, 13, 20
 May 2025  None

Check in Time

Departing Rotorua 8.30am & returning around 4.30/5pm.

Duration

Full day ~ 8.5hrs.

Availability

Due to Wairoa being dam release, this is combo tour only runs 26 days per year, every Sunday during summer months, with some Spring and Autumn releases too.

Location

Wairoa River - 1376, State Highway 29 - Tauranga, and Kaituna River - 18 Okere Falls Rd, Okere Falls, Rotorua.

Conditions

Age 13 - 65 years. Swimming skills essential ! 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 available - or self drive

What to bring

Swimwear, Shorts,Towel & a sense of adventure! We are GoPro friendly, feel free to bring yours along. Please bring a chest harness for your GoPro. It's a long exciting day so we suggest bringing a packed lunch and hydration with you.

Minimum Numbers

The Wairoa requires a total of 4 people to go ahead.

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Best experience ever! Awesome energetic crew and supervisors. Highly recommend even in the winter time!
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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  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  Great day out! Lots of fun and adrenaline pumping. Great for groups of friends. Instructors were friendly and good fun. :)

    Mary_Gstar
    April 28, 2022

  • star rating  A fantastic activity ! The guys working at Kaituna Cascades are super friendly and made the trip so worthwhile! Would highly recommend this to everyone to do, the gear is... read more

    GrandTour580098
    April 18, 2021

  • star rating  Highly recommend it. 100% safe and fun. A must do activity. No need to know swimming just trust your guide/mentor

    poojas870
    July 10, 2021

  • star rating  What an amazing experience. Great staff, very skilled and knowledgeable. Enjoyed and Will book again in a few months. Cannot recommend enough.

    jayhale1969
    February 1, 2022

  • star rating  loved the waterfall and also Hayley our instructor was the best!! supper nice and made the experience fun for us all :)))

    Alesha Nathan
    January 1, 2022

  • star rating  Professional team had a super fun time and felt safe and looked out for. Would highly recommend this company. Will be coming back for another ride.

    annemareer2018
    April 2, 2022

  • star rating  Wicked trip! The guides were awesome and the rafting was such a rush! Rafting over the waterfalls was so cool :)

    Curious-kiwi-123
    May 20, 2021

  • star rating  Absolutely fantastic experience with funny, friendly guys. A must do! We are 68 & 70 yo & they really looked after us. Thanks & we'll see you again.

    Beedee51
    February 1, 2022

  • star rating  Sickest activity, so much fun and all the staff are so welcoming, helpful and funrecommend doing this 100%

    Stirz
    January 1, 2022
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