Adrenalin pumping rafting
If it's action you're after it's hard to beat the white-water excitement offered by rafting and the Ruapehu Region has a number of suitable rivers. The Tongariro River is an ideal place to leam to raft. It consists of mostly grade 2 and 3
rapids with the occasional grade 4 for thrills and long slow stretches to cairn the heart after those adrenalin pumping moments. Among the rafting companies who offer trips are Ruapehu Outback Adventures who also offer short trips on the ManganuiaTeAo, within easy reach of
Ohakune and Raetihi. The Rangitikei also offers rafting on what is regarded as one of the most stimulating white water stretches in the country in the Upper Rangitikei Gorge. There are 60 rapids in 12 exhilarating kilometres of the gorge. Grade 5 rapids have names such as 'Fulcrum', 'Foaming' and 'Max's Drop'. One operator on the Rangitikei includes a stop at Dive Rock, for obvious reasons. Also offered on the Rangitikei are trips over grade 2 rapids for
an introduction to rafting. For the back country fans a helicopter rafting, fishing and hunting trip to the headwaters of the Rangitikei, high in the Kaimanawas is available.
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 9, Issue 401, 27 August 1991, Page 14
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197Adrenalin pumping rafting Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 9, Issue 401, 27 August 1991, Page 14
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