White water rafting in Rotorua, New Zealand - home to the highest commercially rafted waterfall

Testimonials

• Hey guys I did your White Water rafting in November 2008 and March 2011. It was more then a great experience. These are things you'll never forget. We like to thank you and all the members of your crew for this great day were you come very close to pure nature. With a great sense of humour the skippers are leading us through this trip. We return to New Zealand probably in 2013 or 2014 (for my 4th visit) to your beautiful country. Great change I'll take my 3th drop from the Tutea Falls then. It is such a fun ....... and thanks again for the beautiful pictures and video your organisation makes of this experience. I told everyone about it on my New Zealand Travel-site. Jaap Postma and Karin van Houten Drachten, The Netherlands

  Jaap Postma - March 2012

• Hey guys, Lucy from Crank here. Just to add to ALL the good feedback you get. I had an unforgettable time on your tour... although I nearly cried at the thought of going on the 7m waterfall, im glad you helped me to concur it :D I was so scared and copletely forgot how to swim, but you still managed to make it fun for the rest of the group and keep me smiling. thanks and keep up the good work.

  Lucy - May 2011

• Splendid nature & wonderfull experience! Looking forward for a next visit.

  grhluna - December 2010

• Dear Kylee, We were a group of 16 friends and families who were vacationing together in Australia/New Zealand via the Princess Cruise in February. Most of us were a bit intimidated by the description but six of us chose an excursion with your company Raftabout & Sledgeabout. Frankly, we were a bit nervous for our two “older” guys, but all that faded when we saw how excited they were after the rafting excursion. It was indeed a life experience for all of them and continued to be the topic of conversation throughout and after the trip. My daughter and husband were among the rafters and their excursion together was definitely the highlight of their entire vacation. We were very glad they have the photos to share with the rest of us. Having seen them, many of us feel we’ve missed out and we’re up to the challenge…next trip! The scenery was beautiful, the guides working hard but seemingly having a great time, the rafters laughing, and the water is definitely white. Not only did the rafters have a great experience, but the rest of us feel their thrill and the excitement of it all. Thank you for giving them an experience to remember and more importantly, many thanks for helping us get the replacement CD so quickly! Warmest regards, Maria

  Maria - June 2010

• I would like to recommended people to use Raftabout & Sledgeabout www. raftabout.co.nz, for their white water raft trip. It was FUN and exciting; in a beautiful location on the Kaituna River and will now serve as a wonderful lifetime memory for all six of us. When I arranged this excursion, I did not know that it was rated a grade 5 experience for this portion of the Kaituna River. There were six of us, my friend and his 23 year old daughter and three of her friends. I would be lying if we were not scared and concerned, since some of us never had been on a white water raft trip before. They provided helmets, booties, fleeces, and buoyancy jackets, all the safety equipment needed. The people were wonderful, great instructors and provided wonderful safety training and we were on our way. So with new confidence in our river guides, we were ready to have FUN! We went down 3 waterfalls and 14 rapids, with the largest waterfall being Tutea Falls, a 7 meter drop without flipping over. We all got wonderfully wet. Our experiences were captured by the company photographers with over 45 pictures. What fun we all had! My friend’s daughter told her parents that she did not know that her Dad knew how to have fun and now has been given a totally different prospective of her Dad. We will be talking about this for a long time to come – not only with the people who took the raft trip, but also to all of our other friends and family. In fact, many people in our travel group who did not go on the raft trip wished they did base on the pictures taken. These pictures are now being shared with many other friends. It should be noted that we had a problem with the DVD when we returned home and needed to contact the Raftabout Company to see if we could get a replacement disk. They were extremely responsive and willing to send another disk. We received another disk quickly. We were very happy to receive the new disk which enabled us to share this once in a lifetime real life experience with our friends. We will recommend Raftabout & Sledgeabout to every one of our friends who go to New Zealand. We recommend this rafting company to anyone who wants to have a fond memory of a truly remarkable experience for which they will remember for years to come. Sincerely, Brian

  Brian K. Hom - June 2010