Thread: 13' raft on Nelson area rivers

Yeah… I’ve done a fair bit of rafting, canoeing and kayaking in NZ and you wound not catch me getting into something with a metal frame like that for a river trip. Expect to get thrown against the sides or have the raft land on you when it flips.

You can lash some barrels into the centre of a normal NZ raft but the weight does make them pretty hard to drag through shallow rapids.

Consider a Canadian canoe. They stay manoeuvrable when loaded up and are quicker over lakes etc.