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The Best Whitewater Rafting in Australasia

Hamish McMaster


Ever wondered where the best whitewater rafting in Australasia is?  We’ve rounded up a few of our favourites which we hope you’ll get to experience. Where to raft in Australasia – get ready for some excitement The Watut River, Papua New Guinea Despite being one of the best rivers in the world for whitewater rafting, […]

The Top Five Most Adventurous Rafting Trips

Hamish McMaster


We often get asked what the most adventurous rafting trips are that we offer. As a company we have a pedigree searching out and running these off-the-beaten-track destinations, often when others won’t. Why don’t they run them? Because getting rafts, guides and gear to these destinations is often very challenging, but in our experience, the […]

Whitewater rafting the Tamur, Nepal – adventure travel at its best

Hamish McMaster


Whitewater rafting the Tamur River in Nepal should be on your list of ‘must raft’ rivers. Fed by snow melt from the third highest mountain in the world – Kanchenjunga – the Tamur provides exceptional whitewater rafting. It has nearly 130 rapids over a 120km stretch, and almost continuous grade IV rapids on day one […]

Let’s Go For Spring And Summer!

Hamish McMaster


At no point in time has there ever been more demand for people leaving for an adventure. For the past two years, we have been busy dreaming about the next trip we all want to do, but now is the time to go. We have always absolutely loved what we do, running rafting and sailing […]

Rafting Holidays – What Are They All About?

Hamish McMaster


Without wanting to state the obvious, many people understand given the title, that there is some white-water rafting involved, however many people don’t understand how a typical day on a white-water rafting holiday works. What happens when you land at the beach you are camping at for the night? Can you take a shower? Where […]

Here Comes 2020 – Grade V All The Way

Hamish McMaster


In February 2020, a crew of adventurers and I were busy having fun in New Zealand. The only challenges we were facing were standard for an adventure company — re-arranging the order of rivers on our New Zealand River Rafting Road Trip given the large amount of rain we were getting. We followed this with […]

Rafting With Kids – What’s it All About?

Hamish McMaster


After doing a number of multiday trips with our kids Holly and Josh, and having taken literally thousands of kids rafting over my quarter century leading trips, here are a few of my tips to make for a perfect family trip both for Mum and Dad, and the kids.   Choose an Appropriate Trip: This […]

Seven Amazing Adventures For Your Bucket List

Hamish McMaster


As we all head back to work after the holidays, it’s time to get your planning ‘hats’ on and think about one of those classic and iconic adventures for next year. As life gets busier, time away where you can fully ‘unplug’ and recharge yourself becomes far more important. Here are our top tips for […]

Experience The Soul Of Nepal

Hamish McMaster


Why do we really travel? Sure we love the adventure of whitewater rafting, but isn’t it the places that your journey takes you that makes that trip even more memorable, or the people that you meet that put that big smile on your face whenever you talk to your friends about your most recent holiday? […]