Extreme rafting

VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Sun 10 Feb 2013 14:43
NZ is the home of extreme sports. Extreme sports by their nature demand claimed superlatives, and on this occasion it was 'the highest commercially raftable waterfall in the world'. It's on the Kaituna River near Rotorua, and the drop is a pretty exciting 7m. Kate & Tom just had to give it a go.
 
Here are the Okere Falls. Don't look like much from a distance, do they? But that really is a 7m drop:
 
 
Here they come, Kate & Tom in the front seats:
 
 
 
Now you see them,
 
 
And now you don't; actually they're just visible in the centre of the falls if you look closely
 
And safely out: