Multiday Packrafting Adventures
Multiday river trips are special regardless of what craft you're in, but there's something uniquely satisfying about self the contained adventures packrafts can create. Everything you need on your back and, cruicially, nothing you don't.
We offer a range of multiday trips, from beginner friendly, to developmental intermediate trips and even super challenging Packrafting Masterclasses.
Regardless of your level of experience of drive for adventure, we've got an adventure to suit your taste.
Beginner Friendly Overnight Packrafting Adventures
Rees Valley Overnight Packrafting Trip
Our most popular and longest running Overnight Packrafting Trip takes place in the Rees Valley. On this trip we're able to enjoy this beautiful and remote valley in a way that few others get to experience. We spend a full day hiking around the stunning upper Rees Valley by foot and then by raft. The real highlight is the side quests on this trip as we visit parts of the valley such as Lennox Falls and 25 Mile Creek, that many miss, before floating back to our private camp spot.
The next day we set off to explore the middle section of thew Rees with its bouncy Grade 2 rapids. Your guide will train you up to navigate your own boat through exciting rapids, which is defiantly a step up from day one! After a river side lunch, the river opens up as you head into the lower stretches of the Rees. We aim to be taking off the river mid afternoon to get everyone back to Queenstown with plenty of time for their onwards travel plans, whether that be checking into a hotel in Queenstown, or continuing travel onto the next destination.
Trip Details:
Duration: 2 day, 1 night
Difficulty: 🟢Novice friendly. Easy hiking and paddling on day 1. More challenging paddling day 2.
Wanaka Overnight Packrafting Adventure
The Wanaka overnight Packrafting Adventure is designed as a taste of "traditional packrafting" where you carry everything you need with you. We'll explore the East Matukituki Valley in the Mt Aspiring National Park- another beautiful and quiet valley. Beginning any trip with a river crossing often ensures that only the truely adventurous get to experience the places we venture.
Day one is an honest hike carrying everything we need for a self sufficient packrafting adventure. If you've ever fancied trying packrafting for yourself, but have no idea where to start, this is an excellent introduction. After a rewarding hike in towards Aspiring Flats, we'll spend the night in our tents ready to wake up refreshed in order to begin our paddle back out of the valley.
Pack your raft, then raft your pack, a packrafing purest's dream!
Trip Details:
Duration: 2 day, 1 night
Difficulty: 
More challenging Hike with heavier bags, but still beginner friendly. Beginner friendly paddling with some grade 2/2+ rapids, all of which can be walked around.
The Monument to Packrafting
This 3 day beginner friendly Packrafting Expedition is exactly the sort of trip Packrafts were invented for. Not technically challenging or dangerous whitewater, but a waterbed multiday immersive expedition to locations inaccessible without a boat.
The trip begins in Te Anau (although we can transport folks from Queenstown) with a day paddling down the serene Waiau River into Lake Manipouri to overnight in Shallow Bay.
The next day we swap river travel for lake paddling as we seek out The Monument Track- a short but rewarding hike to the summit of "The Monument" to enjoy 360 degree views of stunning Fiordland National Park. Returning to our rafts from the summit allows us to paddle into our next beach camp for the night.
Our third and final day sees us paddling again out on the open water and back to the lake shores of Lake Manapouri before returning to civilisation.
The perfect introductory 3 day Packrafting trip without any of the more challenging elements of more serious packrafting trips like heavy packs, long hikes or difficult whitewater.
Trip Details:
Duration: 3 day, 2 night
Difficulty: Beginner Friendly. No difficult rapids, no hiking with heavy. Some fairly long distances paddled so still a rewarding level of challenge.
Packrafting Retreat Week
What could be better than a Week of Rivers! This is a new and pretty exciting new offering to allow us to curate the best packrafting experience over the course of 7 days for our guests.
We retain a little flexibility in the locations to allow us to access the rivers that are in best condition and best suit the progression of our groups, but the aim is to do a combination of day trips and overnighters or even a little longer trips to showcase the best of Packrafting in New Zealand.
Broadly speaking we will have 2 different levels, one more beginner friendly, one focused on whitewater progression.
For a long time we've been lucky enough to show visitors to NZ little slice of paradise, but finally we have a product that is worth the trip in and of itself! This is the reason to come and packraft in New Zealand!
Trip Details:
Intro Week:
Duration: 7 day, 6 days on the water
Difficulty: Beginner Friendly. Easy hiking and easy water but still a rewarding level of challenge.
Progression Week:
Duration: 7 day, 6 days on the water
Difficulty:🔵 Beginner/Intermediate. Potentially more challenging hikes/loads to carry and some whitewater from Grade 2-3+ depending on levels of progression and river levels.
The Landsborough
An Iconic kiwi river and in our humble opinion, the best intermediate/advanced multi-day river in the country.
This is reason people work hard to improve their paddling, in order to undertake incredible missions like this one. Remote, achingly beautiful, fun fluffy whitewater and truely unforgettable.
Expeditions like this one need as solid crew, so we spend 2 days prior to departure brushing up on a few skills prior to jumping on a helicopter and flying into the upper reaches of the Landsborough river and making our way back out over 3 days.
Epic
Trip Details:
Duration: 5 day, 4 night
Difficulty:🔴 Intermediate/Advanced – confident on Grade III whitewater. Training will be provided prior to the trip to brush up on rescue skills (both self rescue and helping others out) as well as boat handling. Ideal participants should be confident and in control win Grade III whitewater prior to the trip.
Whataroa Stakeout- Packrafting Masterclass
The pinnacle of our mutliday expeditions. The Whataroa is another New Zealand Classic with picturesque turquoise water, deep gorges and grade III/IV whitewater.
In a similar format to other expeditions, the Stakeout will include a good deal of instruction and some warm up training before hiking into the river.
We've teamed up with professional kayaker and packrafter Ryan "Baby Bird" Lucas for this expedition to offer world class insight into our paddling tuition.
Trip Details:
Duration: 4 day, 3 night
Difficulty:
Advanced – confident on Grade III whitewater and ready to progress onto Grade IV.
