Dragons Blackwater Cave Rafting

The famous Dragons Blackwater Cave Rafting Experience:

• Basic Trip - Booking Code W1

• Abseil Extra - Booking Code W1Ab

Are you looking for an adventure of mystery, romance & intrique!

How about floating through a galaxy world of glow-worms on subterranean lakes, experiencing the splendour and roar as you slide down underground water-falls or taking a cuddle through the love tunnel! Discover enchanting limestone formations in this Castle of the Underworld.

This is an adventure that is fun, exciting, has some personal challenge along with a touch of environmental knowledge.

Would you like to finish up with a relaxing hot shower and spa with a hot drink and a snack afterwards? Yes! Then this trip is for you. Our cave rafting ( we are actually on tubes and not rafts!) adventure is flexible and can provide as much or as little challenge as you are comfortable with as there are various ways to go through the cave system. Every trip is different depending on who is on them so they can suit all abilities and ages down to as young as 8 years. As your adventure is also based on the South Island's West Coast there are no crowds and no time limits. Team Building, educational objectives or leadership skills can be included for groups.

The trip is in a wild, natural cave and has different floating sections on tubes across flat, slow moving water done in the dark to the light of a galaxy of glow-worms in the roof. Your adventure with us is one of intrigue, anticipation and even a touch of romance. In between the floating sections you can do things like slide down an underground waterfall, cuddle through the Love Tunnel or ride the 'Wild West Big Wet and Greasy'! A 100 foot natural rock hydroslide. People are able to choose to do what they want, some do everything while others just do what they are comfortable with as everything is optional.
The place to meet for your trip is at our base in the centre of Greymouth. This is on the main highway near the town centre next door to McDonalds in a lime green building! The adress is 8 Whall Street, Greymouth. You do need to book ahead.

PLUS...To make sure you really are getting good value, we will give you a voucher for discounts & free stuff at places around the West Coast. You can pick up an absolutely FREE Big Mac, FREE Email, FREE Goldpanning at Shantytown, $25 off 4x4 Bike trips, a FREE Beer/wine, a FREE Desert at a local restaurant with your meal, discount hostel beds & heaps of other stuff. Worth up to $461

Trip departures:
Twice daily 08.00am and 2:00pm. (1:15pm April to Oct) 7 days a week from Greymouth. Other times by arrangement. Meet at 8 Whall Street, Greymouth. Morning tours are finished in time to catch the Tranz-Alpine Train or afternoon coaches.

Pickups:
Greymouth. Pickups at accommodation in Greymouth area can be arranged for $3 per person each way. However we are only 200 metres from many of the hostels & hotels in Greymouth and only 2 minutes walk from the Coach & train Station. We are located in the town centre next to McDonalds in a lime green building. You need sun glasses to look at it! You can make the afternoon tours if you arrive on the coach or train. Bring your luggage to our base where we will lock it up for you.
Time to Allow: Basic trip 5 hours return to Greymouth. With abseil allow 6 hours.

The Dragons Blackwater Cave Rafting Experience

Important Information.
Your Cave Rafting adventure starts just 10 minutes drive from our base in the Greymouth town centre.
Please have a good meal before the activity and, if possible, wear your bathing costume under your clothes before coming to our base. We do have changing facilities with showers & a spa. Bring a swimsuit (or change of underwear) & a towel.

We supply all equipment including wetsuits, socks, boots and polyprop underwear for those without their own swimsuits. Gloves, woolen jerseys & inner booties are also supplied to keep you toasty warm at all times during your adventure.
We spend about 2 hours underground after a 30 minute interpretive rainforest walk getting to the cave.
This is a living wild cave with no tracks, steps or handrails and requires average fitness to enjoy it. (ie can you walk for 3 hours with only a 5 minute rest each half hour without panting & wheezing! Not that we do this but it indicates the fitness level required!).

The trip finishes with hot showers and an indoor heated spa in which you are welcome to relax for as long as you like after your trip. Usually visitors spend about 45 minutes of the trips 5 hours in the spa at trips conclusion. Those people wishing to get away early can do so by bringing their own vehicle to the Cave Rafting Base in Greymouth and departing from there as soon as they are ready.We also supply a hot drink and a snack during this time but note that this is not a meal.

Cancellations: Once you are booked, if you do not turn up or if some-one in your group does not go then the credit card you use to make your booking is charged in full. So you need to be sure everyone does want to go. You can cancel outside of 72 hours and there is no charge. We advise you to take out travel insurance.

We are happy to help you plan your visit. We can do any NZ bookings for you anywhere in the country or if you want us to check anything for you such as travel times then just ask, we are here to help.

Have a look at the free offers and Spare Seat Travel Deals page as there may be discounted seats available on the days that you are visiting.

Enjoy your planning.

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