Yarra River Half-Day Rafting Experience: Engage with Wilderness through Local Experts

Embark on a thrilling half-day rafting adventure on the Yarra River with our team of experienced and passionate local experts. Perfect for all ages and groups, including corporate and specialized groups.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Lower Homestead Road - Enjoy Warrandtyte’s spectacular Yarra river in a two-person inflatable sports raft! Learn how to paddle your way through fun grade 2 rapids. Paddle with friends or family and enjoy the thrills and spills over an awesome day. With the added convenience of being so close to Melbourne, it is the perfect day trip.
    You will paddle…
What's Included
  • Car shuttle after trip back to meeting point
  • Safety gear including helmets, life jackets, paddles, and rafts
  • Dry bays for storing belongings
What's Not Included
  • Snacks
  • Thermal top, or rashie, or wetsuit. YOU WILL GET WET
Additional Information

As a local business, we’re a small but passionate team with vast experience. Our aim is to connect individuals to the raw beauty of nature through engaging white water rafting adventures. Our personnel are warm, welcoming, and accessible, and they’re also highly trained professionals, certified in Wilderness First Aid and Swift water rescue.
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Location
77PV+X8 Wonga Park
9.30am or 1.30pm Lower Homestead Rd, Wonga Park, park your car in the car park beside the Yarra River at the end of Lower Homestead Rd, near Mt Lofty.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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S6992jkdaniels
Oct 26, 2025
Fun & informative - It Was Amazing. Informative, educational and a real rare experience. We learnt about the rivers power, how to manage it and the history of the area.
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D512dqloganh
Oct 5, 2025
Absolutely recommended - Had an excellent time with an amazing guide (Connor), would totally recommend to anyone. Views were great, rafting wasn't too challenging so it seems accessible to all.
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Tonygal
Sep 29, 2025
Great river experience. - Went with my two sons [11 &13]. We enjoyed the whole experience, from learning about the flora and fauna, to seeing the wombat and eagle, and experiencing the paddle. Our guide was enthusiastic and I formative. As my sons have kayaked before, they found the rapids a bit tame/few. Therefore, for our next trip we will try out another section of the river that has greater volume/more rapids. All in all, a great afternoon.
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Frederick_s
Aug 3, 2025
Yarra River Half-Day Rafting Experience - Highly recommend this tour. My husband and my son had never done it before and definitely had an incredible experience. After an amazing canoe ride, the guide made sure to bring us close to wild kangaroos. Just do it, you will love it!
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Q4714aejulier
Apr 27, 2025
A taste for future rafting on other rivers - The views were amazing and my friends and I had so much fun. The tour guides Andy and Jen were excellent offering encouragement and support.
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Kim
Apr 25, 2025
Best expereince in melb - Best tour guife with loadd of fun and also very accomodating and kind! Will def revisit again with more friends since it was quite the team bonding
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Peil2024
Apr 20, 2025
Try it or regret it - Absolutely fun. A lot of arm workout for me personally but thanks to the our thoughtful tour guide, Andrew, who let me hitch a ride when I needed a break. Definitely worth the view, the adventure and laughter. The perfect activity for anyone whether if you are looking for peacefulness, action or team building.
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360ceril
Mar 9, 2025
Highly recommended - Absolutely fun from beginning to end. A gem of a find of things to do in Melbourne. Andy and Jen were great. Experienced guides, generous with their time, would have no hesitation to recommend them and would like to book another trip.
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F3638xtsamp
Jan 14, 2025
Yarra canoeing - Excellent tour and amazing scenery. Highly recommended. Thanks again to Jen and the team. Looking forward to another in the future.
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Brucesr7481ml
Jan 5, 2025
Fun N.Y. Day river trip - Thanks to Andy for guiding our diverse group down the not so treacherous Yarra rapids! A great little trip with lovely fresh fruit snacks and salad wraps at lunch. :-)) Somehow he managed to get some good video shots while assisting us to negotiate some of the narrower bits - thanks Andy. In particular, thanks for towing Grandma and Grandad for a short stretch to give us a rest, even though we didn't really need it - we were just taking advantage of his kind offer! A thoroughly enjoyable trip that was very professionally run in an extremely friendly way.
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From $73
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).