[Find attractions which contain "rafting" in their name or description.]
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21 Caves Road, Waitomo Caves.
Follow the link to choose from a range of sightseeing and adventure experiences at Waitomo. Visit the Waitomo Cave on a guided tour or choose a Black Water Rafting Experience.
The Audio Guide explains the different options
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Waterworks Road, off SH2 12 km north of Upper Hutt.
One of the most beautiful ares of original native bush near Wellington. A popular place to picnic, camp, walk, or swim in the river.
Try the white water in the Hutt Gorge for rafting, kayaking or tubing. The Gorge trip takes 3-6 hours so be sure to start early on the day. High flows in the river can give rise to Grade 3+ rapids.
Four walks, ranging from 20 minutes return to 6 hours return, begin near the car park at the Pakuratahi-Hutt forks. See the Walkway Map.
The park is the source of much of Wellington's water. Listen to the audioguide.
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5 kms down McVicar Road from SH 5
Horse trekking, white-water rafting and trout fishing are all possible here by the Mohaka River.
Accommodation is available
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State Highway 6 (9kms from Westport)
Whitewater rafting, eco-rafting, heli-rafting , jet boating or horse trekking - take your pick
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Off State Highway 33
Famous or infamous, the 7-metre Okere Falls on the Kaituna River provide a challenging rafting experience. The location is used by several white-water rafting companies.
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State Highway 38
Murupara is a put-in point for white-water rafting on the Rangitaiki River
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McLaren Falls Road
The location is a popular swimming hole. The waterfall is the starting point for kayaking and white-water rafting on the Wairoa River. Rafting is limited to those summer Sundays when water is released. (The river is controlled by a hydro dam)
Dave Cox (echohifi@yahoo.com) comments: this place is the best! If your going to be in Tauranga, or the Mount, you have to check it out!!, you can either swim around the bridge, take a walk up stream or down streem, and have a good look at a major part of what NZ has to offer, it’s a reall gem, honestly, have a good look around, there is something there for every one!
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Various destinations from Queenstown
Rafting takes place on both the Kawarau and Shotover Rivers. The Shotover provides extra excitement and thrills whereas the Kawerau is more suitable for first time rafters.
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Kawerau Gorge Road
Chard Farm is a put-in point for white-water rafting on the Kawarau.
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Kaimanawa Road
The Pouto Intake is a put-in point for white-water rafting on the Tongariro River.
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Peel Forest Road
A wonderful 3 hour white water rafting trip departing from Christchurch. In the initial stages you receive a full safety brief and training from your professional guide. (Highly Rated)
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108 Mawhera Quay, Greymouth
White-water rafting tours on a variety of South Island rivers.
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State Highway 6
The Buller River with is spectacular gorges has long been an important transport route. The river offers Grade 2-4 rafting, jet boating, and trout and whitebait fishing. Hawk Crag, where the road is overshadowed by bluffs, has become the starting point for an annual marathon.
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Greymouth
Are you looking for an adventure of mystery, romance and intrigue? How about floating through a galaxy of glowworms?
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Waiau Gorge Bridge
White water: down, at the confluence with the Hanmer River is a popular destination for Canterbury University Paddling Club, a place to meet fellow paddlers for other trips, Grade 2 to 3. The bridge is an adventure centre location - you can bungy jump, take a jet boat ride.or embark on a rafting trip.
The Waiau Ferry Bridge of 1887 was designed by John Blackett. It has a central wrought iron truss with a double cantilever on each side supported on massive concrete piers. It is 32 m high.
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31 Fairfax Street, Murchison.
Raft or Kayak the whitewater in the Buller River from this Murchison base.
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Wanaka is a base for a multitude of adventure activities.- Kayaking, Mountain Biking, Tandem Skydives, Paragliding, Eco-rafting, Riversledging, Canyoning, Rock Climbing, Wilderness Jet -boating and Horse Trekking and of course skiing whether it be Down-hill, Cross-country or Heli-skiing.
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Kawarau River
You won't find the pillars themselves - they are computer-generated, but you can take a rafting or jet-boating excursion, or even plunge headfirst into it from a bungy cord for a close-up view of the Kawarau River.
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Skippers Canyon
A great flood engulfs the Black Riders. The Shotover River where this scene was filmed is prone to flash floods, though not the magic variety of the film. In 1863, during the goldrushes in the area, floods swept away miners and their equipment. Queenstown tour companies will take you to Skippers Canyon ( the road is not for the faint-hearted, and is out-of-bounds for rental vehicles). Rafting and jet-boating are popular adventure activities on the Shotover.
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Hokitika
Ecorafting will take you kayaking or rafting (including heli-rafting) on South Island rivers.
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Corner Marks Road and State Highway 6
Haast Township
Haast
Take a scenic flight over Milford Sound, Mt Aspiring or Mt Cook and the Glaciers or particpate in a guided hunting safari, heli-fishing, heli-rafting, heli-kayaking or heli-sking
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Peel Forest Road.
Peel Forest Park (773 hectares) on the south bank of the Rangitata River is a remnant of a magnificent podocarp forest that once covered an area of 3,500 hectares. Thirteen walking tracks encompass a spectrum of walking times from 30 mins to 6 hours while the Rangitata River provides white water for an exciting rafting adventure. The Peel Forest Store acts as a visitor centre, camper's booking office, post office , petrol station, takeaway and tea rooms.
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Waller Street,
At the Alpine Tourism Centre located at Beechwoods Complex on the main street in Murchison you can book for a number of activities activities including white water rafting and river kayaking.
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Atirau Road , Turangi
Rafting, fishing, mountainbiking and kayaking n the Tongariro region.
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Akatarawa Road.
The junction of the Karapoti and Akatarawa Rivers is a great starting point for kayaking, rafting, trout fishing. Good hunting and tramping in the rugged terrain. Contact senior ranger 526 4133.
This is a popular area for trail and mountain bikers, trekkers,bush walkers. Site of the Karapoti Mountain Bike Classic.
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Waitomo Audio Guide
Buller Gorge
