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What is River Valley all about, and how can it help you?
Why River Valley?
River Valley was originally founded by the family on the genuine dream of sharing the remarkable landscape and river that makes up the Rangitikei District.
That dream lives on through three generations of family, and committed staff. On the river there can be over 80 years of guiding experience amongst the senior guides.
Stables guides eat, sleep, and no doubt dream about working with horses.
You could easily find Brian or Janey guiding your raft, or Nicola or Janey being your Stables guide.
It is this knowledge and experience gained through three generations that is at the heart of your River Valley experience. As the old proverb says - "Good things take time".
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What is it to be, Adventure or Discovery?
Since 1982 when we first started as a rafting company, we have noticed that people broadly want either of two things in their outdoor adventure type experience.
For want of better terms we call these Adventure and Discovery.
Adventure
The adrenaline charged fun day out, skim across the top. Our activities that fall in to this include amongst others, our Grade 5 White Water rafting trip, our Two hour horsetrek, and Scenic Fun Day rafting trips.
For those who don't think that riding a horse is adrenaline charged, think back to your first time on a horse!
Discovery
The digging down deeper into the experience, whether it be finding out more about yourself, or finding out more about the flora, fauna, geology, and interacting with other people in the group.
Our Rangitikei Headwater Expeditions, Full Day Horse Treks, Guided Hikes and Multi Day trips fall into this category.
Of course there is alot of cross over in these two broad categories, so don't hold on to the categorisation too tightly.
How does this effect you?
Are you looking for rafting or horse trekking adventures that are outside the norm?
Do you want to deal with people who are passionate and committed to what they do?
If these factors are important to you, then consider River Valley.
Guest Satisfaction
Customer satisfaction consistantly sits at around 90% to 95%, in both our Stables and Rafting operations. This has been unchanged for many years.
To read an article on the uniqueness of River Valley, please click here.
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Experience & Knowledge
- River Valley has been guiding people in rafts on the Rangitikei River since 1982
- River Valley has been providing horse experiences over Rangitikei Hill Country since 1987
- Our information will give you detailed guidance about what to expect on any of our trips
- River Valley are the Rangitikei River specialists
- Our food is fresh and sourced where ever possible from our own gardens and farming area
- 90,000 people have trusted us to look after them on one of our Outdoor experiences
- We use locally manufactured rafts, and provide well-maintained equipment
- Our senior guides in particular are very experienced, many having rafted all round the world. Our junior guides are chosen with care, and have excellent role models.
- We are committed to your safety
- We are committed to treading lightly on the environment
- We are very experienced in looking after people with no outdoor experience
- River Valley trips are about fun
- We are a medium sized business where you are treated by name, not by number
 The River Valley Team, December 2010 |
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