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Shotover River Rafting Trip from Queenstown
4.8
108 Ratings
Queenstown
Experience thrilling white water rafting on Queenstown’s Shotover River. Navigate wild rapids, dark tunnels, and exhilarating drops. Book your adventure now.
Experience thrilling white water rafting on Queenstown’s Shotover River. Navigate wild rapids, dark tunnels, and exhilarating drops. Book your adventure now.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Morning Star Reserve - Discover the rugged charm and pristine majesty of the stunning landscape as you navigate this wild and untamed river. Challenge yourself with six rapids along the Shotover River, interspersed with calm stretches perfect for enjoying the scenery, taking a swim, and absorbing its rich gold mining history.
The long and narrow…
- Morning Star Reserve - Discover the rugged charm and pristine majesty of the stunning landscape as you navigate this wild and untamed river. Challenge yourself with six rapids along the Shotover River, interspersed with calm stretches perfect for enjoying the scenery, taking a swim, and absorbing its rich gold mining history.
The long and narrow grade 4-5 Mother features rapids like Aftershock, Squeeze, Toilet, and Pinball. Raft through the 170-meter Oxenbridge Tunnel in darkness and conquer the Cascade Rapid to complete your adventure.
Please note, for safety reasons, there is a minimum weight requirement of 40.0 kg and a maximum weight of 120.0 kg. Participants must also be confident swimmers.
What's Included
- Courtesy coach transfers from centrally located meeting point
- All necessary equipment- wetsuit, life jacket, spray jacket, booties, helmet
- Bus Ride through Skippers Canyon
- White water rafting down the Shotover River
- Hot showers
- Safety briefing, professional guides
- Courtesy coach transfers from centrally located meeting point
- All necessary equipment- wetsuit, life jacket, spray jacket, booties, helmet
- Bus Ride through Skippers Canyon
- White water rafting down the Shotover River
- Hot showers
- Safety briefing, professional guides
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
Queenstown’s renowned Shotover River offers thrilling white water rafting adventures for adrenaline seekers. Begin your journey with a drive through Skippers Canyon to reach the rafting starting point. Navigate the Shotover River, conquering its wild and untamed rapids. Conclude your adventure by rafting through the dark 170m Oxenbridge Tunnel and…
Queenstown’s renowned Shotover River offers thrilling white water rafting adventures for adrenaline seekers. Begin your journey with a drive through Skippers Canyon to reach the rafting starting point. Navigate the Shotover River, conquering its wild and untamed rapids. Conclude your adventure by rafting through the dark 170m Oxenbridge Tunnel and plunging into Cascade Rapid.
- It is essential that all parties are confident swimmers and comfortable in deep water.
- Weight restrictions - Under 40 kg (88lbs) and over 120kg (264lbs) will not be permitted to participate. (weighing maybe required upon check-in).
- Minimum age - 13 years - Children aged between 13 and 15 years must be accompanied by a guardian
- If a traveller wishes to discontinue with the rafting experience during the trip, the traveller is liable for all costs associated with removing them from the river. This term is void if a medical or natural emergency arises and evacuation is required.
- If you are pregnant you cannot participate on this experience and if you do so without notifying the Raft Guides guides of your conditions you do so at your own risk
- Under 18 years - Guardian conditions apply.
- Suitable for water competent people of moderate fitness.
- People with a heart condition or taking heart medication are unable to participate.
- Trips are weather, river level and/or water temperature dependent.
- You must speak or understand English.
- Not able to participate if who have had Heart Surgery, Coronary Disease, Cardiac Arrest, or Heart-Related Medication excluding blood pressure medication
- Must be able to swim at least 25 meters unassisted and have moderate fitness
Location
Morning Star Reserve
Arthurs Point Road
If you have chosen to self drive to our Raft Base, 1 Arthurs Point Rd, Arthurs Point, please advise us and we can update your booking accordingly. Check in is 15 minutes prior to departure time.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(108 Ratings)
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Robert_k
Jun 13, 2025
Spit out of the washing machine - Great team of guides that took us down the river and a “must do”. I was impressed with the van drivers being able the traverse the goat track of a road. No way would I attempt to drive what they did. Challenging but fun.
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Cassie
Feb 19, 2025
Good Vibes and Good Views - Good vibes and good views. Safety was a huge priority! Equipment was in great shape. Guides were hilarious! Jet boat ride was a super fun. Had an absolute blast!
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Mike_c
Jan 27, 2025
Rafting, Shotover river NZ - Fantastic trip from start to finish. Well organized, great staff with great knowledge made the day memorable 10 out of 10 well done.
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Adamg208
Jan 17, 2025
A great way to see the shotover river! - Great fun way to see the Shotover River. Definitely recommend the class 3-5 rapids during summer as the low water level keeps them to the lower end of the spectrum.
Notwithstanding a really fun way to spend a few hours. Highly recommended.
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Vanessa_d
Jan 13, 2025
An absolute MUST do activity - The raft team and our guide Zane were focused on both safety and fun! We practiced the required skills in calm waters to get us through the rapids safely. We also had great conversations I. The raft between multiple rapids which added the each raft team camaraderie and some friendly competition between rafts! Having an opportunity to choose to jump in the water was really appreciated too and a lot of fun! I felt so confident in being able to tackle each rapid under Zane’s direction. An amazing and absolutely must do activity. Can’t wait to go again! Note - you really do need to have a reasonable level of fitness and you absolutely MUST be able to swim.
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Humphrybbear
Jan 11, 2025
Family fun with amazing views - This was the highlight of our trip - the views on the river were so great. It was fun for everyone in our family. Our guide Mark was fantastic - he really connected with us all and kept us safe and really ensured we all had fun. Gabe, the tour guide was also friendly and gave us excellent information on Queenstown. We learnt a lot and had so much fun. I would highly recommend this activity to everyone.
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76victoriaa
Jan 11, 2025
Awesome river with lots of surprises - We had a wonderful time rafting with Raju on this gorgeous river. We were excited to have a Nepalese guide as we have visited Nepal several times and love the people there. He was very experienced and kept us busy paddling and very safe. Highly recommend especially if you have rafted a lot before and are comfortable on the water! Thanks, Raju!!
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Megsandarchie
Dec 31, 2024
Rafting as a family of 5, all young teens - The safety checks that were done, then repeated several times enroute and just prior to rafting were v reassuring. Our Kiwi guide Will was lovely. We received so many instructions and time to.pracrice that it was great. The rafting was rough in the rapids but we felt well educated prior, the whole procedure was very well organised. All the rafts stay nearby for safety and keep an eye on each other as well as a guy that just canoes on his own as an extra assistant If needed. Was an EXCELLENT experience!!!
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Robbrig
Mar 14, 2025
A Great Team ! And Wonderful Fun! - The team did a great job given the very benign conditions on the river on the day we went. All very knowledgable and know how to make a trip fun and great learning experience- it was our first such trip.
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Aryhamrivas
Dec 30, 2024
Scenic rafting. - The river is very scenic. No more for crazy rapids.
Thanks to Emma we had a excellent day on the river. She make us laugh and have lot of fun in the river.
GOPRO ARE NOT ALLOWED. Very bad.
For the company I will recommend you don't need to be afraid of having people with gopro. Every rafting company allows it. I don't see why not when this is a sport activity. Everyone sign a waiver. Thats why I’m giving 3 start. The pictures you provide are jot the best and BTW my pictures were not sent.
Groups are too big and you spent lots of time waiting for other rafts to pass.
I recommend you can divide the group in 2 and have some rafters with more experience and looking for more adventurous experience go without stopping. I understand safety is a priority but you can split the groups.
Again thanks to Emma we enjoy the rafting.
And last recommendations you can encourage some games between t rafters like competing splashing water between them. So the time pass with more joy.
Thank you Emma for the day
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