Grandchildren and us adventure grandparents,all loved the Waimakarari two day rafting trip. Stayed night before at Bealey Hotel. Rafted first day then set up camp along side river. The second day rafted down to Waimak Gorge Bridge. First camping experience for Aussie grandkids (11 &12)....More

Had a great day rafting on the Rakaia river with Southy, Chelsea from Canada and Michelle from Chile. Safety and fun seemed to be the priorities. Very windy but didn't spoil the day. Went up river with Blair of Discovery Jet and back down to...More

Just had the best holiday ever! Beginning of January we rafted the river with Hidden Valley Rafting. There were 17 in our group - 9 kids from 12-18 and 8 adults slightly older. The trip was brilliantly organised, the guides were fantastic, the food was...More

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