Barron River Half-Day White Water Rafting from Cairns

Amazing experience. Sarah made it easy to understand how not to capsize or run into a boulder without killing ourselves. :) Really enjoyed our time and we will be back. Thanks Sarah Wheny and Darryl

The tequila guy is super experienced and highly recommended. We very much enjoy being able to raft with him

This was a last minute booking but so glad we did it! The company was very responsive to our inquiries and made everything very easy. Well organized and our guide - Sammy was great! Navigated the raft expertly and made sure we got the full experience. Definitely recommend doing this!!

great company... safe.. informative... staff are funny... photos are excellent as well.. thrilling.. will be trying the next grade next time with them

We went on this tour after a lot of rain, so what was billed as category 3 rapids was catagory 5 per the guide the day we went. This should have, at the very least, been told to passengers before the pick up so folks could opt out. The guide, let the passengers self-select where they wanted to sit in the raft. We had the two weakest, and most inexperienced rafters in the front. Many people, including our guide, myself 2ce and my husband were hurled from the boat. After the first men overboard, the guide gave more tips to the front rowers, but as the leader, he really should have put them in the middle and the strongest rowers up front.

This half day 'introduction' to WWRafting is good and long enough for most people. There is a day-long tour offered by Viator and I think this would be the next logical step if you enjoyed the half day. The Raft holds six people and a skipper who works very hard to get the best thrills. We sometimes got stuck on the rocks - it happens. We start with donning life jackets and I strongly recommend you hire their raft shoes. The raft fills with water to above your ankles so your own trainers get soaked, as does the whole of you. Flip-flops and slip-ons are not good as they are dangerous. Rafts automatically drain themselves so they never sink, in case you were wondering I wore swimmers and t-shirt some people also put on swiming goggles to avoid water in their eyes. The eventure starts with a safety briefing and trying out the various instructions: these are important as WWR can be dangerous. I felt safe with our guide who certainly steered clear of problems. There are some big-ish rapids which throw you about some smaller ones and at one stage we get to go for a swim and flaot down minor rapids - like Baloo the bear in The Jungle Book. Be prepared to get soaked and to fall in although this is not recommended, it happened to me. You do need to be flexible and this is not good for people with bad backs or necks. You also need to think 'safety' all the time and be agile enough to move quickly within the Raft. Professional photographs are worth it the helmets have GoPro attahcments too if you want your own. Overall a good half-day professional team easy pick-up. There were gaps between the thrills of the rapids so perhaps a half day is indeed ideal.

i loved it - the staff were great - my first experience WWR - and I'm no spring chicken - it was a lot of fun

This was so much fun! We had an absolute ball. Wish it went for longer!

White water rafting was fantastic and the staff very competent and knowledgeable. Had an absolute blast and wished it had gone for longer!

Would have done full day felt cheated too little time but lots of fun. Guide was funny and informative.