Rafting In The Tongariro River

Last week I completed the first Challenge of our Te Pahu challenge- rafting. We rafted in the Tongariro river. It was really hot wearing all of that gear! We went on a bus for about 15 minutes  until we arrived at the river. I wasn't nervous, I was excited.

We lifted the raft into the river and when we jumped in, we were off! We started speeding down the rapids really fast and then the raft crashed into a rock and got stuck! I turned around and saw another raft heading strait for us. They crashed into us and got stuck too! we pushed them off the rock and they left us stuck. be were bouncing like popcorn and finally got off the rock.  Heaps of people crashed and we passed them.

After the rafting we went back onto the bus and went to the rafting center to get changed into our clothes. we had a hot chocolate and drove to the whakapapa holiday park.

We had a disguised dinner and it was hard to recognize anyone. After that, We played heaps of mini games there and it was hilarious. In the morning we packed up and went for a walk to the Taranaki falls. After that we went back home. I had a great time.

Here is some photos and a video of our camp.