Whitewater Rafting - Rangitaiki Grade 4 Wilderness Trip

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The Rangitaiki is an awesome half day Wilderness rafting trip passing through spectacular NZ scenery and Native bush!

The Rangitaiki is an awesome half day Wilderness rafting trip passing through spectacular NZ scenery and Native bush!

Highlights

  • Explore with this incredible wilderness rafting trip through the native bush!
  • Experienced and safety assured guide.
  • Enjoy a break in the middle of your adventure for swimming or relaxing.

The Rangitaiki is an awesome half day Wilderness rafting trip passing through spectacular NZ scenery and Native bush.

It is the complete rafting package with continuous and challenging whitewater at the start of the river with larger rapids like Geoff's Joy, Fantail Falls, Pop Up, and Tautika.

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

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!

Per Person $170.00 (13 years +)

What's included

  • Transport from Rotorua out to the Rangitaiki river & back again
  • The best guides on the river!
  • Custom built rafts for your experience.
  • Helmets, Lifejackets, Paddles, Wetsuits, Fleece Tops, Wetsuit Booties and Splash Jackets

Duration

  • Allow approx 5 hours for the whole experience

Location

  • Meeting location in Rotorua for pick up : 9:30am @ 33 Waipa State Mill Road
  • Whakarewarewa
  • Rotorua

Restrictions

  • Minimum age: 13
  • All you need is a reasonable level of fitness.

    This experience is NOT suitable for pregnant women.

    This experience is NOT recommended for people over 130 kgs.

    Not suitable for people with heart problems.


Bad Weather Refunds

  • If your experience is cancelled by the operator (because of the bad weather, safety concerns, unscheduled maintenance etc) you will be entitled to a full refund.

Notes

  • Check-in: You MUST arrive at the Kaituna Cascades Rafting base 15 minutes before your booking time to CHECK IN.


    Please Note: This trip requires 6 persons to go ahead.

    Your safety is our No.1 priority at Kaituna Cascades. If for any reason we feel safety is compromised we reserve the right to cancel any trip or person.

    Any river trip carries a degree of risk - participants must be aware that while safety is paramount Kaituna Cascades cannot 100% guarantee your safety.

    Cancellations within 24 hours and "no shows" are non-refundable. A 20% cancellation fee applies to any booking cancelled prior.

Available Bookings from 22 Dec to 4 Jan 2025

All prices are shown in NZD ($)

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Olivia Lee from Singapore wrote on 29 June 2023

Great fun and amazing team!

Had a great time rafting with the team at Kaituna Cascades. Pete, Ethan and Ollie all were great hosts that made sure all their guests were well-taken care of, and had the most fun. Extremely knowledgeable and passionate about what they do. Thank you for the great experience guys!

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Cheers for rafting with us Olivia :) We had a mint time with you too ! Cheers from the Cascades crew

NgaiSoon Yong from Singapore wrote on 12 June 2023

Wonderful experience

Thanks guys for a wonderful experience. The guides are professional and friendly, made us feel at ease throughout the journey. Even though we did not have the numbers, the company carried on with the booking, we appreciated that very much! The river rapids were amazing!

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Awesome! We are glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for the great review!

Vivienne Kung from Australia wrote on 21 March 2023

Perfect morning

Perfect experience going down rangitaiki river. Elvis was good fun! You’d be lucky to have him as a guide. He deserves a raise.

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HAHA Classic ... Elvis is a great guide & employee. Thanks for the nice review

Milika from Netherlands wrote on 13 October 2022

So awesome!

It was awesome! The crew was really nice and I felt safe with them.

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Thanks for the nice review Milika. Good times on the Rangitaiki river !!

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10:00 a.m.Thursday 13 July

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Per Person 13 years +

*This option must be made together with another price type.
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