Rotorua Wet n Wild water rafting (grade 5)*****
We bought this Kaituna river grade 5 rafting from bookme.co.nz from Wet n Wild company. Costing NZD70 pp, normal price is NZD99.
It was a fabulous, fun, awesome rafting experience! We have done water rafting back home in Gopeng, but this is different. We had two smaller waterfalls to go for training then the magnificent 7 metre waterfall!
Here is the first waterfall...
And the second smaller stuff... Before this huge one below:
The ultimate 7metre drop..
OMG, the boat is actually going vertical at the 7metre drop. We did not flip over, at some point after that drop, we hoped it would flip, more fun. But it was wild enough, the whole raft just gone underwater in a few seconds. then we are back up paddling. When we look at that waterfall, it is just amazing and we survived it. It is actually the highest waterfall that can be commercially rafted in the world.
Trying to regain our position after being submerged in the water..
Victory!
Another highlight of this tour is 'surfing' the rapids! It was good fun, as we paddle down the rapid, then going back at the bottom of it and wait for the water to push us down and up, and again and again. The front seat people got splashed the most!
Splashed by the rapids!
Although it lasted only 45 minutes, the rest of the river and falls is too dangerous to raft and we had good fun already! These photos actually would costs $40 per group of people, and the good lads we had in the same raft who bought the pictures promised to send the pictures to us after they are back home from the summer holidays. And they really did send us these pictures! Simply amazing...
Then it's relaxing time at Lime Cafe, Rotorua with caramel macadamia slice. Our first time trying cake slices in NZ, which they are quite popular while our fav cheesecakes are not popular in NZ and many cafes don't know how to make a good one. The cake slice turn out to be quite good, with very strong taste. But cheesecake is better! =P
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