Waiuku Estuary Kayak Adventure

Weekends - Saturday and Sunday (and Public Holidays)
Daily during School Holidays
Labour Weekend to Easter (9:00am to 5:00pm)
2 hrs either side of High tide at Onehunga (Onehunga Tide Charts 2009/2010)

Price per head / seat is only per paddler. Eg. group in photo above has family of 5, but were only charged for 3 paddlers.

Kayak the Waiuku Estuary from the historic Kentish Hotel to the Waitangi Falls (2.5km) have a picnic lunch, jump off the falls with the local kids, then leisurely kayak back via the Waiuku Sandspit beach (if time and tide allow you may extend your trip at no extra cost cruising around the sheltered inlets. You finish alongside the Waiuku Museum opposite our River Lane base. You begin with basic paddle instruction and safety rules (everyone wears a buoyancy vest) and set off on your journey.

Take your own lunch or snacks and a drink bottle and a camera (in a plastic bag). You should see a range of local birdlife (for example - heron, kingfisher, South Island pied oyster catcher, fantail, welcome swallow and ducks.

The Kentish Hotel (New Zealands oldest continuous license built 1852) has lunches and a garden bar. There are a number of good cafes a short distance from our base.

The estuary is tidal with no rapids and you will need to allow 2 hrs on the water for your trip.

River Adventure Rate Single kayak $40 (1 adult or child 10yrs plus)

Single kayak $40 (1 adult and child up to 5yrs)

Double kayak $80 (2 adults)

Double kayak $80 (2 adults and a child up to 5yrs)

Double kayak $80 (1 adult and up to 2 children )

We have both sit in side and sit on top on kayaks available

Kayak Hire by the Hour on the sheltered waters of the Waiuku Estuary

Single kayak $20

Double kayak $40

Trips subject to availability and can be booked and paid for at our Waiuku base on the day.