Enjoy a 35 minute Jet Boat ride on the Waikato River. The high-speed ride is guaranteed to get your adrenaline pumping. Shoot through canyons, spin on crystal clear waters and surf the foaming tail of the awesome Nga Awapurua Rapids. You have several tour times to choose from throughout the day and can be shared with maximum 11 people per boat.

Option 1: 35min Jet boat experience. Speeding off at 80km/h you will encounter two sets of fantastic white water Rapids. These will show you the narrowest part of the Waikato River.

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Waikato River Jet Boat Ride

Adrenaline packed fun! Our Jet Boat captain and guide Daniel was incredible! We had so much fun and learnt a lot too - we felt very safe and would recommend this to anyone looking for a bit of fast paced, slightly wet fun!

Adrenaline packed fun!...

Really fun experience, our guide was informative and friendly and made the experience really enjoyable.

Excellent Jet Boat experience

An absolute blast! Thanks to Taylah for her expert driving and giving us such a great experience - jet boating on the rapids is certainly thrilling and different from the more conventional ‘flat and shallow’ runs we’ve done elsewhere.
We did the Huka Falls Jet too and if you only have time for one of them, Rapids Jet gets our vote!

If you only have time for one jet boat ride in Taupo, do this one!

Great driving and commentary. Plenty of thrills through stunning scenery. Wet but  not completely soaked!

Thrills at taupo

Found Rapids Jet last year and had the most incredible time. This was a return visit and it was even better than before. Well organised and Shannon was a very skilled, knowledgable and funny! Can’t recommend this enough! 

Thrilling! 

This was one of the best experiences we had on our vacation! We had an 8 year old and 73 year olds with us and I was a bit nervous if it would be ok for them but it was great and we all had such a fun experience. Thrilling and crazy fun but also safe and professional.

Thrilling family fun

The whole crew work hard to make sure you have a great experience. Our boat driver Taylah was awesome!

Great time n the river!

I would recommend this experience as I found it fun & our guide Jacob, although a kiwi did a wonderful job of explaining the area to us Aussies. 

Young & old

Fun and informative about the river. Jacob was a great driver. Photos that were taken are terrific.Thanks guys.

Speed and splash on the Waikato. 

Prepare to have a great time. Everything is done well and you will not be disappointed. Very informative. 

Great experience 

Easy peasy fun & fast thrill ride. Capt. Shannon made it all worthwhile. Seemed that we did a bit more time than what the description said.

Pretty dang fine thrill ride

It was great fun! Very exciting, but we felt absolutely safe with Jacob! Great professionell pics were made, wonderful memories! 

Our best action adventure in NZ!  

Waikato River Jet Boat Ride from Taupo

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.