Christopher and I were stoked to learn that they had whitewater rafting tours in New Zealand. As I mentioned before, we’ve been selective in choosing our few adventure activities and we felt like whitewater rafting was a good bang for our buck.
After a bit of research, we decided to go with Rotorua Rafting on the North Island and joined their three-hour tour on the Kaituna River.
With our group of six plus our guide, we paddled down a Grade 5 river, navigated some exciting rapids, jumped from rocks, floated down the river a bit without our raft and went down not one, but THREE waterfalls.
The first waterfall we rode down in the raft, the second we free-floated down without the raft, and the third, well that was a different story. Tutea Falls is a 7 meter (23 foot) waterfall (!!!), and is the largest commercially rafted waterfall in the world. For that one we said a prayer, hopped down to the bottom of the raft, and held on for dear life.
It was such a rush. We can’t wait to do it again.
So when we get back to the States, who is going whitewater rafting with us in West Virginia? I can guarantee some pretty hilarious facial expressions.
Love from South Africa,
Cathleen & Christopher
Looks like a blast! I’ve never been. Hang on to your glasses this time?
Love you guys!
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They would have NEVER survived this one.
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Om this is awesome and I died when I saw that last picture! Nick and I are so down for a whitewater rafting trip in WV!!
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YES for WV!
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AMAAAAAAAAZING!!!!!!!!!!! You guys owned that raft. Class 5 is some serious stuff.
These updates are incredible.
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I wouldn’t say “owned” — more like “survived”.
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YOU two blew my mind…loved the facials…keep it up
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Yes to WV!! Looks fun!
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