white water rafting river valley

did white water rafting at river valley, this cool little lodge in the middle of no where

wellington - done drunk

kinda rushed this one a bit so thought i should go back in and give a bit more detail

river valley is a remote lodge between taupo and wellington on the north island and set (as the anme would suggest) in the middle of a valley renowned for its water sports ie. white water rafting and kayaking although you have to a good kayaker (i think thats what they're called!) to kayak down this river!

it was set up about 20 years ago by a keen water sports enthusiast who set up a lodge to base his weekend visits to the river. over a period of time this developed and now they host backbackers and have other facilities such as a small pitch and putt course and horse riding amongst other things

check the website www.rivervalley.co.nz

when we arrived in wellington it was around 6 and the only thing everyone could think of was the night out (well that was what i was thinking of anyway), when we first arrived though our driver took us to one of the highest points in wellington and we got a great view of the capital

the night out certainly didn't disappoint, we had met up with some friends from the bus in front and there must have been about 30 of us out on the town.

what made things even better was that it was a saturday night and wellington was heaving with people. there was some very sore heads the next morning when we had to get up for our early ferry!