Our go-to camping spot in the Abel Tasman area, not far from the Ngarua Caves
Today we went rafting on the Buller
The photos look spectacular
And give the impression we’re having fun
But it was booooooring
Because 98% of the river was like in this photo: dead calm
With only 4 rapids in total
This being one of them
Yay, a waterfall
One of the 4 rapids
Rapids like this one are fun, for sure, but the trip should have had tens of these rapids, not 4 (in 2 hours)
Here we had to row back into the current, because only that way could we get photos that look like something exciting is happening
In this photo you see the ONLY rapid that really looked like fun, but… this one was skipped (of course), although Ultimate Descents advertise with being the only rafting company that does do this rapid. Liars! Instead the rafts were towed over the rapid and we could jump into the water instead and swim towards the rafts a little further downstream
Rafting, the video
Marble Hill campsite
Mt Mueller