Thread: Ahaura river rafting. Anyone done it ?

I'm planning on packrafting the Ahaura river in a couple of weeks time with two other forum members

He's anyone rafted or kayaked the Ahaura ?
I have lost / loaned my river guide book and there's not a lot of info on line either
Would be nice to get the heads up from someone normal ( not face book adventure junkie ) on what it's like

Cheers

Here's what it says in my nz whitewater book. I personally haven't paddled it but heaps of people in hokitika will have.

Tai poutini polytec outdoor rec might be worth a call if you have no luck on here. Pretty sure someone there will have the lowdown





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Originally Posted by kukuwai

Here's what it says in my nz whitewater book. I personally haven't paddled it but heaps of people in hokitika will have.

Tai poutini polytec outdoor rec might be worth a call if you have no luck on here. Pretty sure someone there will have the lowdown





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I think you are confusing the Arahura with the Ahaura.

Originally Posted by Matt2308

I think you are confusing the Arahura with the Ahaura.

But still an excellent effort to provide information.

That book is awesome!

Originally Posted by thatguy

That book is awesome!

Yes that book is so awesome I loaned it to someone and they never gave it back
And I can't remember who

I’ve Jetboated it a few times, last time was last year, we left from the town bridge and got up into the Haupiri.

It’s a pretty easy river, the first half is sort of a gorge (saw a few goats) and then opens up at Hamers flat to a fairly easy braided river.
The only tricky bit is Earthquake Rapid which is directly below Jim’s Hut. At low flows it would be for experienced jetboaters only (Boulders) was in a good flow the day we did it. I’ll try to find a photo. Couple of other rapids below there but not as bad.

Top of Rapid, photo flattens it out

Jim’s Hut