Kaituna & Wairoa Combo

Kaituna & Wairoa Combo

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

300

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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Wairoa 5 2
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  are:

September 2025  Sunday 28
 October 2025  Sunday 12, 26
 November 2025  Sunday 9, 23
 December 2025  Sunday 7, 14, 21, 28
 January 2026  Sunday 4, 11, 18, 25
 February 2026  Sunday 1, 8, 14/15, 22 
 March 2026  Sunday 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
 April 2026  Sunday 5, 12, 19
 May 2026  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  The energy of the guides combined with the natural beauty of surroundings made for a brilliant experiance for our entire group of 40. For teenagers to switch off their... read more

    griff316
    April 11, 2021

  • star rating  Absolutely amazing experience! As soon as I finished I wanted to go again! The guides did a good job explaining everything and made it safe, enjoyable, and informative about the... read more

    16trinityc
    September 10, 2022

  • star rating  Amazing experience, adrenalin racing and great instructors. Gorgeous scenery. 10/10. Definately a bucket list experience.

    dianecT7699FP
    June 14, 2022

  • star rating  Had an amazing trip today, the guys even helped us out when we arrived at the wrong location and kindly let us rebook! The trip was absolutely awesome, best adrenaline... read more

    Harry-fv
    May 19, 2021

  • star rating  Amazing team and a lot of fun! Big shout to Eoin who was a great instructor. Despite the weather we had great time. Would totally do it again.

    Andrew D
    February 1, 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  An amazing afternoon with Ben at the helm. The staff were all amazing, friendly and very professional with many laughs. An absolute fun and challenging couple of hours. Would also... read more

    Lorraine and Lance
    March 1, 2022

  • star rating  Incredible experience, we had an absolute blast! Would highly recommend. Huge shout out to our guide Bal who made the experience all the more enjoyable!

    Salma
    January 1, 2022

  • star rating  What a great experience this was and so much fun and laughter. Kaituna Cascades are thoroughly professional in every way and Cole was a fantastic rafting guide. ... read more

    KiwiPalmer
    April 4, 2022

  • star rating  Family Trip with 3 teenagers.
    The whole gig was relaxed but professional, the guides played the nervousness really well. Hamish our guide read the team and pushed us... read more

    Calebkiwi
    April 22, 2022
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