Mohaka River Grade 2 - A Scenic Rafting Splash

The Mohaka River boasts some of New Zealand's most beautiful scenery. You can be brought into this remote wilderness by one of our experienced guides on a full-day or half-day tour.

Let our highly trained Mohaka Rafting guides educate the whole family on safely swimming and playing on river features. If you're not looking to get too wet, don't worry you can just sit back and enjoy as the beautiful gorges, mountains and native forests roll by.

Ideal for: Anyone looking to hop off the beaten track and experience the wilderness of New Zealand.

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Mohaka River Grade 3 - The Whitewater Plunge

If you've heard about New Zealand's famous whitewater and want to get into it, then this is the trip for you!

Your highly trained Mohaka Rafting guide will use the first section of river to teach you some rafting techniques. Then the river will challenge you with some thrilling rapids to put your skills to the test.

Come jump off a cliff, experience the Mohaka gorge and swim a rapid or two in this 5 hour, full-day river adventure. We'll bring you down the river, provide the lunch and get you back in time for your dinner reservation in Napier at 6pm.

You don't need experience for this trip, but you have to be at least 12 years of age and over.  If you can’t swim – don’t worry, we’ll teach you (our flotation devices will do the work)! 

Adventure in beautiful scenic surrounds. This is a great trip for the adult family or that group that is looking for fun and a thrill.

Ideal for: family groups (children over 12 years), work groups, high school trips, end of year outings, tourists or those wishing for a scenic trip with a thrill. This trip is an ideal training run for the Grade IV/V section downstream.

Mohaka River Grade 4/5 - The Big One...

Not keen on testing your comfort zone? – don’t read on.

This is the highest commercially available grade of rapid available.  Mohaka Rafting requires clients to have previous rafting experience, with us on the Grade 3 or elsewhere.  Don’t let the flat water at the start fool you; right around the corner is 700m of a Grade 4 white water rapid.  You’ll be working hard to keep your butt on the raft as you test all your skills to keep it upright and listen hard for your guide’s command over the raging water. 

We negotiate past house size boulders and get propelled through narrow shoots.  While you catch your breath, try to take a moment to appreciate the awe inspiring surrounds that change by the minute. Truly incredible scenery, well worth raising the adrenalin levels in hard-core white water for.  See our best natural wonders on display and you’ll understand why our guides feel they have the best job in the world.  A VIP pass to the wilderness. This is a full day experience.

Ideal for: Those wanting extreme adventure.

Contact us for a package deal for a Grade III introduction followed by the adrenalin of the Grade IV/V.  Remember, you can’t play on the big stuff until you’ve trained!  You’ll need to be fit to enjoy this experience.

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