Its such a beautiful river and we fortunately got to use their private jet boat ramp to put our boats in. However, I am utterly disappointment that Wayne has built toilets by the ramp without council consent and the effluent is simply being flushed into the river. The council are now shutting him down until this is remediated as its a Unesco world heritage site.

We had to most amazing river safari with Ruth! And we were expertly greeted at check-in by Aru. The jet boat tour is so much fun and Ruth imparts all of her local knowledge about the area and New Zealand flora and fauna. We were joined by a small group of youth who were grandkids of a neighbor and they were the best - very well-behaved and wanted to learn about everything. There are multiple stops along the river and we were able to get out of the boat a few times to look for rocks and we enjoyed a lovely tea break that included homemade scones. We were lucky to be there during Whitebait fishing season, so towards the end of the tour we visited Wayne and Aru where they had set up to fish at a beautiful location along the Tasman Sea. This is a must-do tour folks!!