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White Water Rafting - Kaituna Cascades, The Originals
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White Water Rafting - Kaituna Cascades, The Originals

By Kaituna Cascades
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This white-water rafting trip is the ideal outing for adventure lovers. Ride the rapids of the Kaituna River in a safe and fun way that’s perfect for rafting beginners. There's no need to worry about buying special clothing as wetsuits, helmets, life jackets, boots, splash jackets, and all necessary equipment is provided. See spectacular scenery, including Tutea Falls, and have a thrilling day to remember.
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Ages 13-60, max of 36 per group
Duration: 2h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: Korean, Japanese, English, Spanish
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Highlights
  • Go on a safe Kaituna River white-water rafting experience with a guide
  • Pick from multiple daily departure times to suit your schedule
  • Hassle-free trip with all necessary equipment provided
  • Enjoy the thrill of traveling down 11 rapids and Tutea Falls

  • Custom built rafts, wetsuits, helmets, lifejackets, paddles, fleece tops, wetsuit booties, and splash jackets
  • Local, professional & highly trained guides
What's not included
  • Digital photos (Available to purchase)
  • Glasses Strap $5
  • Rent a Towel $5
  • Go Pro Harness Hire $5
  • Other Souvenirs (T-shirt etc)


Start:
  • 18 Okere Falls Road, Okere Falls 3074, New Zealand
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Pushchair accessible
    • Service animals allowed
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 53209P1

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Not recommended for travellers with back problems
    • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
    • Travellers should have a moderate physical fitness level
    • Availability is all year round - Warm water in the summer and cooler in the winter (more gear provided)
    • MUST be under 120 kgs
    • Not recommended for non swimmers
    • NO expectant mothers
    • This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 36 travellers

    • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

    If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 53209P1

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    $125.00
    per adult
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    • Kaituna Cascades
      1,804
      Rotorua, New Zealand
      Joined in May 2008
    • Guide03117017497
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Thrills and spills!
      Thrills and spills. 1st real adrenaline ride for this nanny. Ethan and the team are LEGENDS! Muscles are telling me I must of had an awesome time. Thank you Jasmine for this experience ♡♡
      Written 2 October 2024
    • Y6211KAkareni
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      A 60-year old woman goes rafting and loves it!
      I only have positive comments- a fabulous team and superb experience from start to finish. I felt cared for, safe and my 60-year-old thrill-seeking self was nourished. The equipment and facilities were clean and well organised. The scenery was beautiful and our guide (Ethan), was knowledgeable and skilled. This was an exciting and thrilling experience and one I would highly recommend!
      Written 28 September 2024
    • H7935GFlukem
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Hectic experience and great tour guides that make for a safe and thrilling experience
      The white water rapids were the highlight of my time in Rotarura. Great if you want to experience adrenaline and learn some history about the rapids. The tour guides were excellent and made it an awesome experience. Highly recommend.
      Written 24 September 2024
    • Sherpa62170511872
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great fun with a side of brain freeze 😁
      Amazing experience! Ran through everything in and out of raft so we were comfortable and then had a great time. Recommend purchasing the photos also! Great memories despite the brain freeze 🤣
      Written 19 September 2024
    • joshbF4621DH
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      12/10 Would Raft Again
      This was hands down the most fun i’ve had rafting! The guides were a blast, super personable and excited to be there and that really made the entire group excited! They provided all the gear we needed, wetsuits, fleeces, etc. so we were very comfortable despite it being spring temperatures outside. The river itself was beautiful, and had a bunch of super fun rapids and waterfalls. Would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a fun, high adrenaline trip out on the river with friends or family!
      Written 18 September 2024
    • 108harlanf
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Highlight of my trip!
      I’m from Australia and so far on my trip to nz this has been my highlight for sure, had an absolute blast, well worth while.
      Written 17 September 2024
    • O4125TGkevind
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Worth the trip!
      We had a great time! Malcolm and Elvis were awesome, and Blue took great photos. Beautiful river, great weather, felt safe.
      Written 24 August 2024
    • 148jacobw
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Fun fun fun
      Wicked fun. Friendly funny guides. Great value for money. Don’t be scared of waterfall. It’s super safe. Great photos too
      Written 16 August 2024
    • Tara C
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS 😍
      Our raft guide Bell was awesome & hilarious ( also crazy ) but so much fun! Definitely recommend. Great price! Also really cool merchandise 😍 We will be back!!!!!
      Written 5 August 2024
    • Guide14976597308
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      MUST DO!!
      What an awesome tour! Heaps of rapids and great tour guides who know their stuff and we’re up for a laugh! Would recommend!
      Written 5 August 2024
    • Cruiser01254887966
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Waterfall Rafting
      Super cool, exciting, rafting down a waterfall, best guides, was scary but loved it very much! Felt safe all the time. Most beautiful surrounding in the morning.
      Written 30 July 2024
    • Amyad94
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      First time but not the last white water rafting!
      Absolutely amazing experience. We had never done white water rafting before and felt completely safe. All the staff are so lovely and the pictures were such good quality. Would definitely recommend for an adrenaline filled activity.
      Written 26 July 2024
    • SherryLynnR3
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Haaaayeeeeeeehhhh!!
      It is the best experience ever. The team made our experience more entertaining and fun, and most importantly safe. They give us gears to wear to keep us warm. They provide outstanding instructions of the what to do. They also provided a pick up and drop off from our accommodation. Most importantly, we had lots of fun, and a surge of adrenaline rush 💖 will definitely come back next time. Thank you specially to; Blue, who pick us up and drop us to our accommodation, and for the amazing photos Ollie, who keep us entertained, safe and had so much fun on the water rafting. Bal, for keeping an eye on us, making sure we are all alive
      Written 21 June 2024
    • Whatyareckon
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Awesome experience
      Such an awesome experience. Was pretty intense but well worth it! Guides were good fun and experienced, they had a thorough safety briefing which made us feel very safe
      Written 16 June 2024
    • nicoleiU6999VT
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Best fun in NZ
      This was the best experience of our NZ trip!! It was so much fun than I could have possibly imagined. We got some awesome photos
      Written 14 June 2024
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    Matt V
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Feb 2020 • Couples
    Owen and Malcolm were our guides today made our adrenaline rise with safe professional guidence!
    We done some epic rafting they promised a narley ride and they gave it to us 100%.
    Thanks heaps again to all the crew involved such a great company! Pleasant to deal with great service highley recommend if you want a EPIC safe adrenaline pumping ride hit them up. YEEOOOOW
    Thanks. MATT 🤙🤙🤙
    Written 14 February 2020
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    The perfect review - you guys are professional too haha, The boys know how to throw down a mint trip aye! Cheers for rafting with us :)
    Written 29 February 2020
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.

    Deborah R
    9 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jan 2020 • Family
    Eleven of us came from Gisborne to have a white water rafting experience, and we weren't disappointed. Some of the group were nervous, but by the end everyone was whooping and yelling and keen to do it again. The team at kaituna were all fun, friendly and threw in lots of humour throughout the whole experience. Totally recommend these guys.
    Written 19 January 2020
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    Great to hear you guys enjoyed the rafting trip !!
    Written 28 January 2020
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    Lesley39
    Birmingham, UK40 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Dec 2019
    We did a white water rafting trip with Kaituna Cascades in December 2019. Our nephew introduced us to it - it wouldn't be something we would have elected to do but he was highly enthusiastic about it so off we went and we thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing. It was about 2 hours on the river, with swimming in the river itself, beautiful views from down in the gorge, rafting down waterfalls and was utterly brilliant. We felt very safe with the instructors who were all obviously very experienced at what they do. Our instructor was Cole who was a great teacher and had absolutely the right level of quiet confidence and competence while making it super fun. I would thoroughly recommend it even if you think that white water rafting is not for you.
    Written 3 January 2020
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    Lauren C
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Feb 2020 • Friends
    What an amazing, adrenaline fuelled, crazy and fun experience!!! My friend had never rafted before and loved it, and it was my second time rafting and exceeded all expectations. Our guide Hamish was awesome with lots of clear directions and we felt safe all the time (despite the nerves at the top of the waterfall!). We have also been absolutely crying with laughter at the professional photos - definitely worth buying!
    Written 13 February 2020
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    Sounds like you had the best time - we're always stoked as to hear that it exceeded your expectations (which we hope were high). Big shout out from the Cascades crew & Hamish
    Written 29 February 2020
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    Louise Clark
    Enfield, UK8 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Feb 2020 • Couples
    So much fun and thanks to Blue for making it a great ride. Great atmosphere and whilst a few boats go together this makes it a great laugh as you get to watch everyone else come down the falls too. Swimming down one of the smaller rapids was great and the photographs were really well shot. Thanks guys, my first rafting experience and it was epic. Highly recommend doing this with Kaituna Cascades
    Written 28 February 2020
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    Great review thanks - The rivers mint and the team just add to the good times :)
    Written 29 February 2020
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    Heidi G
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Mar 2021 • Friends
    This was such a great nature experience with lots of adrenaline and laughter. The guys were so professional and experienced. Our raft guide Ioin was great, he took his time down the river so we could get the full experience with swimming in the stream and jumping (trying to backflip)from the raft. Thanks for a great day, I will definitely be back soon.
    Written 31 March 2021
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    Epic review and what we live to hear! The rover is amazing and Eoin definitely knows how to make it better 😎 Cheers from Eoin & the Cascades crew See you next time !
    Written 31 March 2021
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    Portia
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Sept 2020
    We loved this experience so much! The river and surrounds were absolutely stunning, and the rapids and falls so much fun. All of the Kaituna team were incredible (from Pete who welcomed us, to Hayley, Rob and Elvis as our guides and Blue the safety kayak guy), making sure got as much adventure as possible out of the trip while still making sure we felt safe. We had an 11-year old with us who was too young to do the falls but he was still able to be part of it thanks to Pete who escorted him for a short time by foot to just past the biggest fall where he jumped back in the boat with us. Such an adrenaline rush, we're still buzzing!
    Written 22 September 2020
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    Hey Portia :) You and the family were super fun to hang out with too! Me and Josh had a mint time hanging out - he's a champ. The crew loved taking you rafting as well and we'd love to see ya again this summer :) Cheers again from the team here at Cascades
    Written 23 September 2020
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    Yuan Hao T
    Singapore, Singapore5 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    We had a really great time rafting with the guys at Kaituna Cascades. They immediately make you feel welcomed as a you arrive to register yourself.

    The guys place a huge emphasise on safety and are clear in going through the procedures for tackling the waterfall during the rafting. Be sure to follow their instructions, and in their words “you don’t have to be scared, just a little nervous”.

    We had Dietz as our guide and despite claiming to be the “new guy”, he was definitely experienced in handling the raft and we felt like we were in really good hands at all times.

    The 7m waterfall drop was definitely the highlight of the trip, and with all the banters between these guys, it was a really fun morning for us. You would not want to miss the chance to raft with these amazing and fun guys!
    Written 3 January 2020
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    Ethan
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Mar 2020 • Couples
    Id you wish to white water raft on this river I could not suggest a better company to do it with. The utmost professional and hilarious bunch of guys there is, saying that, this river is not for the faint of heart you really do have to have a sense of adventure.
    Thanks so much guys 🤙
    Written 19 March 2020
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    10/10 review - made smile and was a pleasure to read - thanks for rafting with us and laughing at our jokes !! :) Cheers form the Cascades team
    Written 22 March 2020
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    CaliLuvsTravel85
    San Mateo, CA19 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    If you love adventures this is for you! This was absolutely amazing—the first whitewater rafting trip I’ve ever done and will be tough to beat. The highlight of my time in Rotorua. Our guide, Chris, was so much fun and gave awesome tips. He’s the best! A few tips for you: don’t bring sunglasses and take off any jewelry (especially engagement-type rings—had I kept mine on I probably would’ve accidentally hurt someone or myself with it). If you have long hair, braid it or ponytail so it’ll fit and stay comfortably under a helmet. I flew off the raft after the big waterfall but remembered the tips (form a cannonball) and made it back up. It was such a rush and a gorgeous trip! I’ll never forget it.
    Written 3 January 2020
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