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  This was an extremely fun activity!! My biggest fear was that the water was going to be too cold but that wasn't the case. And even the wetsuits provided were... read more

    Chufina
    May 8, 2022
  • star rating  Had a great time doing this. 2nd time on the River, but first for my Partner who isn't the biggest fan of deep moving water etc. But she had a... read more

    NZPommy
    April 10, 2022
  • star rating  Awesome trip, well organised, professional, fun and lottsa laughs with blue and the team. Would highly recommend this company for your thrills and spills on the kaituna River. Anatural... read more

    Dpohan61
    April 27, 2022
  • star rating  Seriously one of the best experiences to do in NZ, tourists and fellow kiwis alike. I’ve been wanting to raft Kaituna for years and it totally lived up to all... read more

    Kate
    July 1, 2021
  • star rating  OMG what a rush! Epic scary fun, magic scenery, a must-do trip! Our guide Elvis was a masterful raft captain - they all were - the guides were having as... read more

    ruthyflee
    February 1, 2022
  • star rating  Epic time on the Kaituna Awa with Kaituna Cascades. Cheers Blue for the safe but fun trip down.

    If you are interested in doing this but apprehensive about doing... read more

    Compass14553165834
    June 28, 2022
  • star rating  We had a great time rafting for my birthday. The team grouped me and my partner with 4 rugby boys who made the journey super fun. Everyone had the opportunity... read more

    G7844UWjennyb
    June 21, 2021
  • star rating  Sickest activity, so much fun and all the staff are so welcoming, helpful and funrecommend doing this 100%

    Stirz
    January 1, 2022
  • star rating  Awesome day out with all the guides playing a part. Sam Pete and rob all fantastic. Will definitely be back! Can’t recommend highly enouhj

    Nik swain
    August 13, 2021
  • star rating  Pete and his crew were fantastic. A smooth operation ensured we had a fantastic time and a great adventure. I would recommend this experience when you visit Rotorua.

    jaybee5ng
    May 29, 2022
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