River Rats Raft & Kayak - Ōwhata
Raft & Kayak In Rotorua | River Rats - Riverrats.co.nz
River Rats are your Rotorua adventure specialists, choose your activity and book today!
About River Rats Raft & Kayak
“Our mission is to provide our clients with a thoroughly professional and friendly service while enhancing the wealth of experience of clients and staff alike. By taking the utmost pride in everything we do we will ensure that River Rats becomes acknowledged as the premier provider of quality recreational and tourism products which are in keeping with the continued well being of our natural environment.”
In Māori culture there is a strong traditional value known as Manaakitanga. It is the belief that your own well-being, integrity and standing in society (your Mana) can be enhanced by how well you treat your visitors. It is the Māori principle of hospitality – that every guest is treated with the highest respect and made to feel welcome, safe and comfortable. For New Zealand’s Māori people, looking after visitors and caring how others are treated – no matter what their standing in society – is of prime importance.
While we have staff from all over the world, we believe that encouraging staff to embrace this concept will enhance the experience we give our customers.
We are lucky to live in a very unique and special part of the world and it is an honour to be able show off our unique environment, history and culture by sharing it with our visitors.
Most of all we believe in having fun. If we are enjoying ourselves we hope that this will flow through.
Contact River Rats Raft & Kayak
| Address : | River Rats Raft & Kayak 837 Te Ngae Road, Ōwhata, Rotorua 3074, New Zealand |
| Phone : | 📞 +89 |
| Postal code : | 3074 |
| Website : | http://www.riverrats.co.nz/ |
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Mike Atkinson on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What an amazing experience. I have previously rafted this river with another company and River Rats were definitely the best. They had a photographer follow us along the river giving us some truly epic instagram content! If you have not rafted this river put it on your list now!
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Daisy Sievewright on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ AMAZING! We rafted the Kaituna River on the weekend as a team building event for work and it was such a success. We are already planning a return trip! Justin and Ant were great guides and made us feel relaxed rather than too nervous! Beautiful scenery, loads of fun and a great buzz. Highly recommend these guys. And amazing photos, this one sums it up perfectly!
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Dan Meadows on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ My wife little boy and I did a session on the Rangitikei river with Justin and it was fantastic. Justin made the trip fun engaging and safe which has my little guy ready for another session. Stopped in at some beautiful spots down the river that you would just never get to see otherwise, jumped in the water and floated down a few rapids, even the little guy who's 7!. If you are looking for a fun session on the river I'd highly recommend booking with River Rats, we'll certainly be back for more!
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Amy Brannigan on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Went on the sunset kayak and dinner trip with Justin. Absolutely perfect trip! Rotoiti was beautiful to kayak on and the hotpools were clean, well maintained, super warm and also enjoyed the pontoon and slide into the lake to cool off! Justin was a friendly and knowledgeable host, told great stories about the area, and cooked a good summery bbq steak dinner! The highlight was the kayak back at sunset. The lake was like glass and so warm. The glow worm caves were beautiful and it was amazing how much they responded to sound, making them glow more! 100% recommend River Rats to all travelling through Rotorua! 22 years in the industry and it shows. Will be back for more trips soon! Worth every penny!
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Awesome adventure for the whanau. Friendly staff with some killer jokes and the scenery was amazing. The photographers were great at capturing the moments of embarrassment to have a laugh at ones you get back to their shop. I 100% would recomend!
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Elizabeth Summerville on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We did the kayak trip. A fantastic experience I highly recommend. Loved the actual kayaking to the hot pools which was a welcome destination. Justin our guide looked after us well with a yummy barbeque. The trip back via glow worm cave was idyllic. We are in our 60s and it was very doable. Weren't pressured to go fast. Just enjoyed every moment. It got cold as the evening wore on but we were provided with warm gear. Take extra layers if you feel the cold. Base layers a good idea.
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Nadia C on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We did the white water sledging trip down the Kaituna River and I had an absolute blast! Our guides (Justin, Dave and Ethan I believe) were all very friendly and very good at what they do - thanks for a great trip! Would recommend river rats and the sledging trip to anyone who is keen for a fun adventure.
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Ben Schofield on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Experience here was better than expected. Started out well before we'd even arrived as we called up a couple of times at unsociable hours to leave a message with questions for someone to get back to us, and to my surprise someone answered the phone (at 10pm!).
We did the daytime kayak across the lake to the hot pools. Our guide Justin was friendly and knowledgeable and all the gear we needed was provided on site. He told us all about the history of the local area as part of the tour too, which was nice.
I had anticipated that going in winter would be cold (it was 6 degrees out), but actually found it quite warm after I start paddling hard and ended up with just a single layer on for the return trip.
The hot pools were nice and he also showed us inside a cave with glow worms on the way back.
Overall, very enjoyable and I'd do it again.
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