Went down the Kawarau Gorge with Mad Dog River Boarding!! Big Shout to Thank the team for a WICKED EXPERIENCE!! Reservations - Ruth & Matt. Guide Trio - Josh, Steff and Nick!!! SAFE, WET, MILDLY COLD, THE WET SUITS KEEP YOU WARM ENOUGH FOR YOU TO HAVE A BLAST!!! The Guides will run you through all the safety procedures, give... More

What an awesome trip! Great way to spend a morning (or afternoon)! Thanks to all the Mad Dog guides who were super professional and lots of fun - Shaun the Prawn, Josh, Nick aka Phil Collins and Steffi - you do a great job keeping everyone safe on the river. The rapids were great fun and I particulary enjoyed the... More

the crew at mad dogs are awsum. professnal, friendly and always up for a alugh. great photos, great rapids, such fun and it is SO. BEAUTIFUL.. DO IT..highly reccomended More

We had great fun riverboarding as we are both very confident in water. I wouldn't recommended it to those who are not strong swimmers as parts of the river and rapids are really challenging. The guides were professional and helpful throughout. Day was topped off with great fun : water slides, rock jumps, rope swings and jet sledding. Good half... More

What an awesome way to see a beautiful part of New Zealand. But when Arno tells you to swim, you need to swim, when Arno tells you to avoid the rock, listen, otherwise you will end up stuck in the eddy... (Mind you, you will be rescued by some very good looking young men!!). So much fun and what a... More

While this trip was fun, it was not as adventure packed as one would expect (the water level was low which likely contributed to this). Furthermore, there were too many people in our group, which caused us to often get piled up detracting from the fun. On the plus side, after the rapids, you get to be pulled behind a... More

Can totally recommend, this is a great and super fun experience! Not scary at all (yet I followed instrucitons to the T), totally fun and very exciting! :D More

My summary concerning the comments about Mother Nature are partly in response to the more negative comments on this site.. Let me explain: We booked our trip having seen the video on You Tube! It looked much more interesting than white water rafting. We even decided to do our trip on Christmas Day morning. We turned up on Christmas Day... More

I totally underestimated this sport and the power of water. I found the experience very frightening however the staff were absolutely fantastic at looking after me and my friend when we were in total panic! They are extremely well trained and very good at what they do. If you are confident in grade 3 rapids then this trip would be... More