After an introduction in calm water on the basic
riversurfing techniques we go around a couple of corners
to come to our first rapid Smith Falls. This is an
80m long class 3 rapid where everybody gets their
hair wet. Its also great opportunity to try your first
barrel roll! After Smith Falls, the group will float
through the ‘Pillars of the Kings’ from
The Lord of the Rings. Next stop is the first commercial
bungy jump of the world the historic Kawarau Bungy
bridge. Here we stop for a rock jump and get a nice
fish-eye view of the jumpers when we float underneath
the bridge. Our next rapid is Twin Bridges, a small
class 2 rapid where clients are given the chance to
win beer vouchers. A few hundred metres downstream
and we come to Do Little Do Nothing, our main surfing
rapid. We stop here for about 30 minutes and give
everyone several chances to surf the wave. Once fully
exhausted from the surfing, we have a 10 to 15 min
break floating in the calm water before we come to
our grand finale: the Chinese Dogleg rapid; New Zealand’s
longest commercial rapid, 800m of whitewater!! The
first 100m is class 4 whitewater followed by the 700m
class 3 Puppy Leg rapid. Just a short float down and
we exit the river at Rafter’s Road takeout.
Chinese Dog
Leg- $169.00 including GST per person
