Adventure Te Aroha

06/01/2025

Enjoy the sound of summer, on the cool breeze floating down the Waihou River! Hard to beat it on a hot summer day.

05/01/2025

Happy New Year, from Adventure Te Aroha

Is exploring New Zealand, outdoor activities, or doing more family trips on your 2025 resolution list? Consider joining us on a self-guided adventure down the Waihou River.

Come check it out and explore with us!

Adventure Te Aroha - Love The Adventure 🛶

29/12/2024

Awesome to have another group out on the water today - making the most of the summer weather and the afternoon breeze/shade along the Waihou River!

Don’t forget Adventure Te Aroha is open weekends, and is also available for bookings via prior arrangement!

Get in touch with us today: Let us help you explore the Waihou River and beyond.

Adventure Te Aroha : Love The Adventure

28/12/2024

A bit of a change of scenery for the Adventure Te Aroha kayaks yesterday!

An excellent trip and a ~26km paddle. We had 8 of our 11 kayaks on the water, including both single and double kayaks in the group.

Back to our usual trips again later today after a thorough scrub down and dry off.

19/12/2024

Kayaking is just one of the many outdoor activities available in Te Aroha and its surrounds.

How many of these can you tick off? ✅

- Cycling on the Hauraki Cycle Trail.
- Visiting the Mokena Geyser.
- Walking many of the bush walks in the historic Wairongomai Valley.
- Climbing Buck Rock.
- Swimming in the mountains streams of Hamilton Street and Wairongomai.
- Marvelling at Tutumangaeo Falls from Noel’s Lookout.
- Visiting Mt. Morgan Mine.
- Seeing the glow-worms in the stream banks and cuttings throughout the Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park.
- Visiting Tunakohoia Waterfall.
- Conquering Thompson’s Track.
- Summiting Mt. Te Aroha.
- Traversing the Kaimai to Katikati via Tuahu Track.
- Visiting the hidden lakes of Killarney Lakes.
- Staying in one of the many huts of the Kaimai Ridgeway Trust.
- Exploring the relics of mining history.
- Exploring the nature and wildlife of Howarth Memorial Wetlands.

…and of-course, paddling a kayak on the Waihou River with Adventure Te Aroha.

Adventure Te Aroha: Love The Adventure

17/12/2024

Another great trip down the Waihou! An excellent way to spend an morning or afternoon on these hot summer days!

16/12/2024

Are you stuck for holiday activities with the kids? Perhaps you're searching for a gift for that hard-to-buy-for person? Or, maybe you're keen to enjoy the summer and get outside.

Adventure Te Aroha has a range of options to suit people of all ages. Running regular trips this summer, offering self-guided kayak tours down the Waihou River.

All equipment and instruction is provided, and we even have gift vouchers available too!

Book now, or contact us today for group bookings and general inquiries!

https://www.adventuretearoha.com/

12/12/2024

Adventure Te Aroha will be closed this weekend! We will be open again for the weekend of 21-22 December and 28-29 December.

Stay safe, and hope to see you on the river this summer!

05/12/2024

Most of the fleet was out and about today to have 10 people on the water! The Red & Aqua double kayaks, which make up the full fleet's colour scheme, were still at home!

07/11/2024

It sounds like we have company on the river…. 🦭.

Seals do occasionally come up the Waihou River, working their way up toward Okoroire, chasing fish and exploring.

Today, there has been a report of a seal upstream toward Matamata.

In 2020, I was fortunate to spot this one cruising up past the Te Aroha rail-bridge (cycleway bridge).

You never do know just who or what you might see on the river 😁

04/11/2024

River flow rates are dropping, providing an opportunity for some spring cleaning along the river!

We have seen a 10% drop in river flow in the last week, and a 10 cm fall in river level - with the dry weather resulting in an effective increase in the proportion of water coming from groundwater and springs.

Here's hoping for another dry week and further improvements in water quality as we hope to get out on the river this weekend for some spring cleaning and clearing to keep this route open for all river users.

20/10/2024

A brief glimpse from the river this evening!
Bring on summer 🌅☀️🛶

Weather dependent, Adventure Te Aroha hopes to be open from next weekend!

16/10/2024

There is nothing like a quick evening paddle and a good sunset!

With the longer days and warmer weather, we are busy here preparing to open for regular weekend tours in the coming months.

At this stage, Adventure Te Aroha will be running for the ~6 month period from Labour Weekend 2024 to Easter 2025, subject to the weather and river flow.

We have space for up to 14 people on the river, though we usually run smaller trips of 2-7 people at any time. For large groups please contact me directly on 0211239321 or [email protected] .

Tours will depart from the bus-stop outside Te Aroha Information Centre, 102 Whitaker Street, Te Aroha.

Bookings are required, with regular weekend tours available and the first few bookings already made!

- River tours will run twice a day: 9:00AM and 1:30 PM
- A third tour at 5:00 PM will run during the summer months.

Group tours outside of these weekend slots are bookable by arrangement, in advance.

Bookings can be made by contacting us via Facebook Messenger, booking online at https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/adventuretearoha/ , or please email us at [email protected] for any inquiries.

Watch this space for the lastest updates and deals for Adventure Te Aroha.

Stay safe, and see you on the river!

15/09/2024

Spring has definitely arrived! You never quite know what you might spot out here🐥. (Safely removed from the road and placed in the grass with its parents carefully watching...).

It's a busy time here too, preparing for another season of kayak adventures 🛶.

Watch this space for plenty more wildlife and adventures around the corner 🌿🐤. Bring on Summer, and I hope to see you all on the river this year!

10/05/2024

🛶 LAST MINUTE DEAL 🛶

With exceptionally good weather forecast this weekend and low river levels, Adventure Te Aroha will be running self-guided kayak tours this Sunday. 10 am start, with potential to run a 1 pm trip if numbers permit.

- Adults $45
- Children (under 17) $30
- Family Pass (2 children, 2 adults) $150

Bookings essential. Please message to book!

04/04/2024

Brrr; it’s cooling down at nights now! 🥶

As the weather changes and the days get shorter, Adventure Te Aroha will be winding up our normal scheduled sessions in the next month. 🛶 .

Evening tours are no longer available due to the shorter days.

We are running just one tour this weekend, for the 9am Sunday session - with only 5 spots left in the van!

Plenty more kayaks available if you care to join us, mind you. We have space for up to 14 people at any time!

Nothing beats a crisp morning paddle in the sun; and the air is lovely and fresh too. 🌅

Get in touch to make the most of the days and see the river as the autumn colours come through! 🍂 🍃 🍁 ☀️

01/01/2024

Happy New Year to all! ☺️

What a stunning day to start 2024, with beauty on both land and water!

Making short-work of Mt Te Aroha this afternoon, I shot a short view showing what you can expect to see from the summit on a good day! Today the Kaimai were clear but the mountains further afield were shrouded from view in the Waikato haze.

Back to the river, our self-guided kayak tours will be operating again in 2024, and we’d love to see you there 🛶 🏞.

31/12/2023

Here in Te Aroha, we are incredibly fortunate to have a wide array of activities at our doorstep!

All of these are great walks to stretch your legs after a paddle on the Waihou River 🛶.

Which is on your list of goals for the New Year?

There's a family-friendly walk to stretch legs of every size in Te Aroha.