Key Information: Tour Duration: 1
- 10
day(s) Group Size: 1
- 50
people Destination(s):New Zealand Specialty Categories:Canoeing/Kayaking/Rafting Season: January - December Airfare Included: No Tour Customizable: No Minimum Per Person Price: 165 New Zealand Dollar (NZD) Maximum Per Person Price: 165 New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
This trip has a fun four wheel drive adventure where you get to do some off road driving, or we'll drive if you prefer, plus one and a half hours of intensive full-on fun grade 3 whitewater rafting adventure.
Our 4 WD Offroad vehicles will take you on a safari into the heartland of NZ's Southern Alps. We drive in from the highway through heavy native rainforest. When booking, let us know if you would like to do some drivng yourself. Its great fun taking the vehicle across rivers and up through the cattle station. Climbing over mountain foothills, churning through side creeks to the rivers of the Taipo Valley. The "Taipo" refers to a mythical Maori Dragon which was said to live in the area. We pass through a private cattle station and into an area that has a history of gold rushes and early Maori Jade Traders. Experience the contrast between Native rainforest and Alpine Valleys as you ride the trail to the start of your whitewater rafting adventure.
This is a fast flowing river of 12 grade 3 rapids and 16 grade 2 so that you have one and a half hours of action plus 15 minutes through a smooth water gorge. This gorge gives you time for a break and to feel the closeness of the rainforest here. The river is braided so you can chose to take the action route or something a little more gentle if you are more tentative with your rafting. We also have a range of boat sizes so you can up your own "fun factor". For adventurers, smaller boats on this grade 3 river gives an exhilarating experience while in the larger boats you will have more confidence while still having a fun adventure.
You will raft across NZ's Alpine Faultline and view the staggering power of nature as it twists and bends solid bedrock. As a bonus you can learn about the earths tectonic plates as you actually raft from one plate to the other. You'll also see the effects of the glaciers that passed this way.
Now as a bonus to show you we really are committed to making sure you feel that you are getting value for money we'll give you free our "Apres Adventure Package" which has a value of $26 consisting of a 6x4 fun souvenir photograph of you on your trip, and back at our base in Greymouth a pleasure spa, free Internet use to send home those photos and check your email, a hot drink or glass of wine or beer and a muffin to top off a great adventure. Note that to claim the free "Apres Adventure Package" you need to be on a trip that returns to our base in Greymouth or make your own way there to uplift and take advantage of what's in the Apres package.
