Awesome rafting & camping experience. Five days on the river without outside world communication. Scenery is magical, and the river pristine. The guides are brilliant team leaders, very professional, patient, extremely safety conscious and a lot of fun to be with. Their cooking skills over...More

We rafted the Upper Waiau last weekend and had the best of times with Southy and his young guide Eli. Mark and I were helicoptered in and fished our way up the river where we met the rest of the crew and began a fun...More

Awesome trip. Really well organised, great fun adventure. The best rafting trip I have ever had! Southy is a real professional - not only is he a great character and obviously knows the rivers/outdoors well, he also takes safety professional.

I just got back from an excellent girls' trip on the Clarence. There were 9 of us - all in our 50s and 60s flying in from the Auckland region. I'd been a little nervous about how it'd all go with the river being so...More

It's hard to think of river rafting as being anything but fabulous, --the real difference being how you feel about your guides, how well the trip is organized, and how well it suits your needs and desires. Our trip down the Clarence River was above...More

Simply put, Grant South “Southy” and the Hidden Valley guides are the best in the business and you should definitely book a trip with them. I recently rafted the Clarence with Hidden Valleys in early January 2015. Our group, which included 8 scientists, required a...More

Spent a few hours rafting with family, including 3 kids aged 15,13 & 10. The trip was exactly what we asked for, Southy was full of information and spent time explaining the basics of rafting to us. Encouraged the kids to guide the raft and...More