Motuihe Island Sea Kayak Tour

Riverhead Pub Paddle Tour Choose from: Sea kayaking 1/4 day (2 hr) tour SuP half day (4 hr) tour

Rangitoto Island Volcanic Sea Kayak Tour Sea kayak and paddle your way to Rangitoto Island. Our Rangitoto Island sea kayak tour is full of superlatives: Auckland’s youngest volcano having appeared around 600 years ago. Rangitoto Island is also Aucklands largest volcano covering an area of 2,311 ha (5,710 acres). It is also Auckland highest volcano of 260m (850ft); a symmetrical…

Browns Island Motukorea Volcanic Half Day Sea Kayak Tour Take an easy Auckland sea kayak trip that is friendly for beginners and only takes a half day commitment. The Browns Island half day sea kayak tour from the Auckland downtown CBD is only a 15 minute drive or bus ride, 20 minute cycle, 25 minute e-scooter or a 2 hour…

Packrafting Lower Waiohine Gorge Grade 2+ from Totara Flats Hut to Gorge Road As it descends through the Tararua Ranges, the Waiohine River has a number of sections of interest to Packrafters. The Upper Gorge (above Mid Waiohine Hut),  Middle Gorge (Mid Waiohine Hut to Totara Flats Hut)  and the Lower Gorge (Totara Flats Hut to Gorge Road). The lower…

Packrafting Ruamahanga River Grade 2+ Cleft Creek to Mt Bruce This is a mint little gorge that needs a bit of homework and weather watching to get the perfect packraft flow. Walking into Roaring Stag Hut and sitting out the rain is one option or you can do a day trip after watching the weather and crossing the fingers you…

Packrafting Waipakahi River from the Urchin Track Grade 2 The Waipakihi River drains the Kaimanawa Ranges on the eastern side of the desert road. Where it leaves the mountains it becomes the Tongariro River.  It is a picturesque river valley through beech forest. It has insufficient flow through the warmer months and can only be run after rainfall.

Packrafting Tairua River Grade 2 Broken Hills run: SH25A to Hikuai At the right flow, this is a great one-day trip through scenic Kauri forests in the heart of the Coromandel. It’s not well known so it doesn’t get paddled very often, but its proximity to Auckland makes it a great trip that doesn’t require heaps of driving. Most of…

Packrafting Ngaruroro River Grade 2+ Boyd Hut to Kuripapango The Ngaruroro is one of the great wild rivers in the north island, suitable for long, relatively easy packraft trips through fantastic scenery. There are countless options for making this trip long or short, with a helicopter or fixed wing flight to the start, a car shuttle and a through trip…